Article 7

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

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where intentional, at least certain serious violations of law in the performance of or failure to perform an act by a public official in the exercise of that official’s functions constitute criminal offences. Member States may limit the application of this Article to certain categories of public officials.

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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.