Legal persons should not be able to avoid responsibility by using intermediaries, including related legal persons, to offer, promise or give a bribe to a public official on its behalf. Moreover, fines for legal persons should be calculated considering their worldwide turnover or based on fixed maximum amounts. Non-trial resolutions are being applied in the context of corruption offences and often viewed as a pragmatic and efficient way to resolve cases that would otherwise require a significant amount of time and resources to investigate and prosecute before reaching a court. However, non-trial resolutions might also present some challenges, and Member States are encouraged to take such challenges into account.
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