Article 6Sanctions on legal persons

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 5(1) or (2) is subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other sanctions, such as:

  1. (a)

    exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid;

  2. (b)

    temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities;

  3. (c)

    placing under judicial supervision;

  4. (d)

    judicial winding-up;

  5. (e)

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