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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2026/1021 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2026 on combatting corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council · European Union

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period that enables the investigation, prosecution, trial and adjudication of the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 to 6 and 8 to 11 for a sufficient period of time after the commission of those criminal offences, in order for those criminal offences to be tackled effectively. Such limitation period shall be as follows: at least eight years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least four years; at least five years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least three years.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-09 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.