Member States are encouraged to enable their competent authorities to impose, in addition or as an alternative to imprisonment, penalties or measures that are not necessarily of a criminal nature, such as exclusion from tender procedures or temporary bans on running for public office. Such measures have a general dissuasive effect and could reduce the recidivism of convicted offenders. Member States should also consider establishing procedures for the suspension or temporary reassignment of a public official accused of a criminal offence as referred to in this Directive, bearing in mind the need to respect the principle of the presumption of innocence, and the right to an effective remedy.
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