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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

Article 9 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 9 Penalties for legal persons 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. 2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that penalties or measures for legal persons held liable pursuant to Article 6 of this Directive shall include criminal or non-criminal fines, the amount of which shall be proportionate to the gravity of the conduct and to the individual, financial and other circumstances of the legal person concerned, and may include other criminal or non-criminal penalties or measures that are proportionate to the gravity of the conduct, such as those referred to in Article 14(2) of Directive (EU) 2026/1021. Insofar as legal persons are held liable pursuant to Article 6(1) of this Directive, for the criminal offences referred to Articles 4(2) and (3) of this Directive, Article 14(3) of Directive (EU) 2026/1021 is applicable.’ ;

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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.