art_5__para_5

5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that natural persons who have committed the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 and 4 may be subject to accessory criminal or non-criminal penalties or measures which may include the following: fines that are proportionate to the gravity of the conduct and to the individual, financial and other circumstances of the natural person concerned; withdrawal of permits and authorisations to pursue activities that resulted in the relevant criminal offence; disqualification from holding, within a legal person, a leading position of the same type used for committing the criminal offence; temporary bans on running for public office; where there is a public interest, following a case-by-case assessment, publication of all or part of the judicial decision that relates to the criminal offence committed and the penalties or measures imposed, which may include the personal data of convicted persons only in duly justified exceptional cases.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.