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1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 6 is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal or non-criminal penalties or measures, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other criminal or non-criminal penalties or measures, such as: exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions; disqualification from the practice of business activities; withdrawal of permits and authorisations to pursue activities which have resulted in the relevant criminal offence; placing under judicial supervision; judicial winding-up; closure of establishments used for committing the criminal offence; 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 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.