Article 7 › 2

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that penalties or measures for legal persons held liable pursuant to Article 6(1) or (2) for the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4 shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other criminal or non-criminal penalties or measures, such as: (a) an obligation to: (i) restore the environment within a given period, if the damage is reversible, or (ii) pay compensation for the damage to the environment, if the damage is irreversible or the offender is not in a capacity to carry out such restoration; (b) exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; (c) exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants, concessions and licences; (d) temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of business activities; (e) withdrawal of permits and authorisations to pursue activities that resulted in the relevant criminal offence; (f) placing under judicial supervision; (g) judicial winding-up; (h) closure of establishments used for committing the offence; (i) an obligation to establish due diligence schemes for enhancing compliance with environmental standards; (j) where there is a public interest, publication of all or part of the judicial decision relating to the criminal offence committed and the penalties or measures imposed, without prejudice to rules on privacy and the protection of personal data.

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