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Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (PIF Directive)RecitalsTitle I Subject matter, definitions and scope (arts. 1-2)Article 1 Subject matterArticle 2 Definitions and scopeTitle II Criminal offences with regard to fraud affecting the Union's financial interests (arts. 3-4)Article 3 Fraud affecting the Union's financial interestsArticle 4 Other criminal offences affecting the Union's financial interestsTitle III General provisions relating to fraud and other criminal offences affecting the Union's financial interests (arts. 5-14)Article 5 Incitement, aiding and abetting, and attemptArticle 6 Liability of legal personsArticle 7 Sanctions with regard to natural personsArticle 8 Aggravating circumstanceArticle 9 Sanctions with regard to legal personsArticle 10 Freezing and confiscationArticle 11 JurisdictionArticle 12 Limitation periods for criminal offences affecting the Union's financial interestsArticle 13 RecoveryArticle 14 Interaction with other applicable legal acts of the UnionTitle IV Final provisions (arts. 15-20)Article 15 Cooperation between the Member States and the Commission (OLAF) and other Union institutions, bodies, offices or agenciesArticle 16 Replacement of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interestsArticle 17 TranspositionArticle 18 Reporting and assessmentArticle 19 Entry into forceArticle 20 AddresseesDone at
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Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: No known changes
Version date: 17 August 2017 - onwards
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Article 8 Aggravating circumstance

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Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that where a criminal offence referred to in Article 3, 4 or 5 is committed within a criminal organisation in the sense of Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA, this shall be considered to be an aggravating circumstance.

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