Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating 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 (COM(2023) 234 final / 2023/0135 (COD)) (updated 17 June 2024 with Outcome of Proceedings - General approach)

	Explanatory Memorandum
	1. Context of the Proposal
	2. Legal Basis, Subsidiarity and Proportionality
	3. Results of Ex Post Evaluations, Stakeholder Consultations and Impact Assessments
	4. Budgetary Implications
	5. Other Elements
	Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating 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
	Recitals
	Article 1 Subject matter and scope
	Article 2 Definitions
	Article 3 Prevention of corruption
	Article 4 Specialised bodies
	Article 5 Resources
	Article 6 Training
	Article 7 Bribery in the public sector
	Article 8 Bribery in the private sector
	Article 9 Misappropriation
	Article 10 Trading in influence
	Article 11 Abuse of function
	Article 12 Obstruction of justice
	Article 13 Enrichment from corruption offences
	Article 14 Incitement, aiding and abetting, and attempt
	Article 15 Penalties and measures for natural persons
	Article 16 Liability of legal persons
	Article 17 Sanctions for legal persons
	Article 18 Aggravating and mitigating circumstances
	Article 19 Privileges or immunity from investigation and prosecution of corruption offences
	Article 20 Jurisdiction
	Article 21 Limitation periods for corruption offences
	Article 22 Protection of persons who report offences or assist the investigation
	Article 23 Investigative tools
	Article 24 Cooperation between Member States' authorities, the Commission, Europol, Eurojust, the European Anti-Fraud Office and the European Public Prosecutor's Office
	Article 25 Commission support to Member States and their competent authorities
	Article 26 Data collection and statistics
	Article 27 Replacement of 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
	Article 28 Amendments to Directive (EU) 2017/1371 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law
	Article 29 Transposition
	Article 30 Evaluation and reporting
	Article 31 Entry into force
	Article 32 Addressees
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