Article 8 — Sanctions for legal persons

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 7 is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other sanctions, such as: (a) exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; (b) temporary or permanent exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions; (c) temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities; (d) placing under judicial supervision; (e) a judicial winding-up order; (f) temporary or permanent closure of establishments which have been used for committing the offence.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04