Version status: Published
Version date: 3 May 2023 - onwards
Article 11 Abuse of function
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence, when committed intentionally:
1. the performance of or failure to perform an act, in violation of laws, by a public official in the exercise of his functions for the purpose of obtaining an undue advantage for that official or for a third party;
2. the performance of or failure to perform an act, in breach of duties, by a person who in any capacity directs or works for a private-sector entity in the course of economic, financial, business or commercial activities for the purpose of obtaining an undue advantage for that person or for a third party.