Article 18 Sanctions for legal persons

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 17 is punishable by 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)

   a judicial winding-up order;

5. (e)

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