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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

2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period that enables the enforcement of penalties imposed following a final conviction for the criminal offences referred to in Articles 3 to 6 and 8 to 11 for a sufficient period of time after that conviction. Such limitation period shall be as follows: at least 10 years from the date of the final conviction in the following cases: a penalty of imprisonment of more than one year, or alternatively a penalty of imprisonment for a criminal offence punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least four years; at least five years from the date of the final conviction in the following cases: a penalty of imprisonment of up to one year, or alternatively a penalty of imprisonment for 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.