What changed

ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure

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Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council

AMENDMENTS

1. Rapporteur: Raquel GARCÍA HERMIDA-VAN DER WALLE (Renew Europe / NL)

The Committee on Budgetary Control calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to take the following into account:

2. References: 2023/0135(COD) / A09-0048/2024 / P10_TA(2026)0094

Amendment 1

3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 26 March 2026

Proposal for a directive

4. Legal basis: Article 82(1) point (d), and Article 83(1) and (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Text proposed by the Commission

6. Commission's position: accepts all amendments.

Amendment

1a. ‘financial and economic crimes’ refers to illegal acts committed by an individual or a group of individuals, from the civil society or those with a political or administrative accountability, to obtain economic or professional gain or political influence and includes, inter alia, corruption, misappropriation, fraud, coercion, collusion, obstruction, money laundering and terrorist financing, including when such crimes affect the Union’s financial interests;

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Amendment 2

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1b. ‘nepotism’ or ‘cronyism’ refers to the practice where a public official gives a preferential treatment to family members, friends or associates, by restricting access to public positions or services or distributing financial resources under his/her control only on the ground of his/her personal or political connections;

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Amendment 3

Proposal for a directive

Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Text proposed by the Commission

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5. ‘national official’ means any person holding an executive, administrative, or judicial office at national, regional or local level, whether appointed or elected, whether permanent or temporary, whether paid or unpaid, irrespective of that person’s seniority. Any person holding a legislative office at national, regional or local level is considered a national official for the purpose of this Directive.

5. ‘national official’ means any person holding an executive, administrative, or judicial office at national, regional or local level, whether appointed or elected, whether permanent or temporary, whether paid or unpaid, irrespective of that person’s seniority, or any person entrusted with tasks of public interest or in charge with a public service. Any person holding a legislative office at national, regional or local level is considered a national official for the purpose of this Directive.

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Amendment 4

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1a. Member States shall take measures to implement education for public integrity in the school system and in the classroom with a view to prevent corruption.

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Amendment 5

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1b. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent favouritism, nepotism or cronyism in public recruitment and in administrative procedures, and to ensure that all public human resource processes strive to develop a systematic approach based on: identification of possible risks; establishment of strong preventive mechanisms; ensuring policy compliance, reporting and sanctioning of misconduct.

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Amendment 6

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

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2. Member States shall take measures to ensure the highest degree of transparency and accountability in public administration and public decision-making with a view to prevent corruption.

2. Member States shall take measures to ensure the highest degree of transparency and accountability in public administration and public decision-making, ensuring that citizens are adequately informed, with a view to prevent corruption.

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Amendment 7

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

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2a. Member States shall take measures to ensure that national officials, when taking office, have the appropriate information and support to deal with both the increased professional standards and the tasks in implementing their mandate, and that they are aware of conflict of interests situations and of the risks of financial and economic crimes.

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Amendment 8

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

3a. Member States shall take measures to ensure that relevant information, in particular on anti-corruption policies and legal framework, is disseminated by means of a digitally accessible publication on interoperable databases open to individuals and entities whose activity may be involved in a corruption scheme.

The interoperable databases shall be designed to allow comparing, crosschecking and aggregating the data.

The information accessible via the digital channel shall be suitable for legitimate use.

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Amendment 9

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

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In any case and irrespective of the level of risk, Member States shall adopt or update a minimum set of measures, including:

(i) a policy on gifts and entertainment;

(ii) the mandatory disclosure of conflicts of interests; and

(iii) a corruption reporting system easily accessible and made adequately known to the public. The reporting system may be linked to a wider whistle-blowing policy or be a confidential independent feedback channel on corruptive practices and inherent risks.

The corruption risk assessment under this paragraph is intended to be the continuous and systematic process of identifying, analysing, evaluating, prioritising, controlling and monitoring situations that are liable to result in corruption.

In performing such assessment, Member States shall take into account, in particular, the Commission’s annual Rule of Law Report.

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Amendment 10

Proposal for a directive

Article 3 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

6. Where appropriate, Member States shall take measures to promote the participation of civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations in anti-corruption activities.

6. Member States shall take measures to promote the participation of civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations in anti-corruption activities.

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Amendment 11

Proposal for a directive

Article 24 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Without prejudice to the rules on cross-border cooperation and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, Member States’ authorities, Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Commission shall, within their respective competences, cooperate with each other in the fight against the criminal offences referred to in this Directive. To that end, where appropriate, Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and the Commission shall provide technical and operational assistance in accordance with their respective mandates to facilitate the coordination of investigations and prosecutions by the competent authorities.

Without prejudice to the rules on cross-border cooperation and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, Member States’ authorities, Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Commission shall, within their respective competences, cooperate with each other in the fight against the criminal offences referred to in this Directive. To that end, where appropriate, Europol, Eurojust, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and the Commission shall provide technical and operational assistance in accordance with their respective mandates to facilitate the coordination of investigations and prosecutions by the competent authorities.

Where appropriate, the working arrangements established under Chapter X of the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) shall be amended accordingly.

The results of the cooperation established under the present provision shall be reported by Europol, Eurojust, the EPPO and OLAF and the Commission, without prejudice to their obligation of discretion and confidentiality as regards individual cases and personal data, in a specific section of their annual reports to the European Parliament and to the Council.

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