Article 6 — Trading in influence

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where it is intentional, the following conduct constitutes a criminal offence: (a) the promise, offering or giving, directly or through an intermediary, of an undue advantage of any kind to any person to exert improper influence over an action or omission by a public official in the exercise of that official’s functions with a view to obtaining an undue advantage from a public official; (b) the request or receipt, directly or through an intermediary, of an undue advantage of any kind, or the acceptance of an offer or a promise of such an advantage, by any person to exert improper influence over an action or omission by a public official in the exercise of that official’s functions with a view to obtaining an undue advantage from a public official. For the purposes of this Article, arbitrators and jurors shall be considered to be public officials. 2. In order for the conduct referred to in paragraph 1 to constitute a criminal offence, it shall be irrelevant whether or not the influence is exerted or whether or not the claimed influence leads to the intended results.