Ensuring Integrity in Procurement Practices. Each Party shall adopt the necessary legislative or other measures to establish that it is a criminal offense under its law for: (a) a procurement official of that Party to solicit or accept, directly or indirectly,any article of monetary value or other benefit, for that procurement official or for another person, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of that procurement official’s procurement functions; (b) any person to offer or grant, directly or indirectly, to a procurement official of that Party, any article of monetary value or other benefit, for that procurement official or for another person, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of that procurement official’s procurement functions; and (c) any person intentionally to offer, promise or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage, whether directly or through intermediaries, to a foreign procurement official, for that foreign procurement official or for a third party, in order that the foreign procurement official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of procurement duties, in order to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage.
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Ensuring Integrity in Procurement Practices. Each Party shall adopt the necessary legislative or other measures to establish that it is a criminal offense under its law for:
(a) a procurement official of that Party to solicit or accept, directly or indirectly,any article of monetary value or other benefit, for that procurement official or for another person, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of that procurement official’s Officialâs procurement functions;
(b) any person to offer or grant, directly or indirectly, to a procurement official of that Party, any article of monetary value or other benefit, for that procurement official or for another person, in exchange for any act or omission in the performance of that procurement official’s 's procurement functions; and
(c) any person intentionally to offer, promise or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage, whether directly or through intermediaries, to a foreign procurement officialOfficial, for that foreign procurement official or for a third party, in order that the foreign procurement official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of procurement duties, in order to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage.
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Samples: Free Trade Agreement