Activites

• 1998/12/31 Final act published in Official Journal
• #2154
• 1998/12/22 Council Meeting
• 1998/12/22 End of procedure in Parliament
• 1998/12/22 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• #2146
• 1998/12/03 Council Meeting
• 1997/11/20 Debate in Parliament
  • T4-0571/1997 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Rinaldo BONTEMPI (PSE, I), the European Parliament has approved the draft joint action, subject to amendments designed to facilitate the fight against corruption. It calls on each Member State to: - adopt the necessary measures to combat active and passive corruption, with penalties including, in serious cases, extradition, - ensure that legal persons may be held criminally or administratively liable for offences committed for their benefit by any person, acting either individually or as part of an organ of the legal person, who has a leading position within the legal person (power of representation, authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person, authority to exercise control within the legal person). This liability of a legal person would also apply in the event of participation in such offences as an accessory or instigator and would not exclude criminal proceedings against natural persons who are perpetrators, instigators or accessories in offences. Parliament also calls for the Member States to report each year on implementation of the joint action, and for itself to be informed. Finally, it calls for the Court of Justice to have jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings on the validity and interpretation of the joint action. �

• 1997/11/04 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0348/1997
• 1997/10/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/07/30 Legislative proposal published
  • 10017/1997 summary

    OBJECTIVE: Presenting of a draft joint action on making corruption in the private sector a criminal offence (Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union). SUBSTANCE: Taking the view that action to combat corruption at international level is a matter of joint interest and that corruption is an obstacle to the smooth functioning of the internal market, the Member States decided to agree on a draft joint action to make corruption in the private sector a criminal offence. Under this draft common action, each Member State undertakes to ensure effective cooperation regarding offences arising from corruption and ensure that they are subject to penal sanctions throughout the Union. The draft defines corrupt activities which are subject to penal sanctions and requires Member States to determine a competent authority to judge such offences. Member States are required to take measures to implement the common action one year after its entry into force, failing which they must at least cooperate with other Member States in this area. �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 10017/1997
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0348/1997
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0571/1997

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)