# Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law, Article 8: Aggravating circumstance

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that where a criminal offence referred to in Article 3, 4 or 5 is committed within a criminal organisation in the sense of Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA, this shall be considered to be an aggravating circumstance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2017/1371/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1371/article-8
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