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Article 8 - Directive 2018/1673 (CL AMLD)

Article 8

Sanctions for legal persons

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 7 is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other sanctions, such as:

(a)

exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid;

(b)

temporary or permanent exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions;

(c)

temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities;

(d)

placing under judicial supervision;

(e)

a judicial winding-up order;

(f)

temporary or permanent closure of establishments which have been used for committing the offence.