The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139565332.005

Article 1 - The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

from Part II - Commentary

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2015

Ingeborg Zerbes

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Mark Pieth ,

Lucinda A. Low and

Nicola Bonucci

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Ingeborg Zerbes: Affiliation:
University of Bremen
Mark Pieth: Affiliation:
Universität Basel, Switzerland
Lucinda A. Low: Affiliation:
Steptoe and Johnson LLP
Nicola Bonucci: Affiliation:
OECD

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The Offence of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials

Each Party shall take such measures as may be necessary to establish that it is a criminal offence under its law for any person intentionally to offer, promise or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage, whether directly or through intermediaries, to a foreign public official, for that official or for a third party, in order that the official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of official duties, in order to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage in the conduct of international business.

Each Party shall take any measures necessary to establish that complicity in, including incitement, aiding and abetting, or authorisation of an act of bribery of a foreign public official shall be a criminal offence. Attempt and conspiracy to bribe a foreign public official shall be criminal offences to the same extent as attempt and conspiracy to bribe a public official of that Party.

The offences set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 above are hereinafter referred to as ‘bribery of a foreign public official’.

Type: Chapter
Information: The OECD Convention on Bribery
A Commentary
, pp. 59 - 211

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565332.005 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2013

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