{"id":776,"date":"2010-12-14T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asociacion-eurojuris.es\/en\/?p=776"},"modified":"2020-04-11T07:20:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T07:20:39","slug":"reform-of-the-criminal-code-in-spain-companies-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asociacion-eurojuris.es\/en\/reform-of-the-criminal-code-in-spain-companies-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform of the criminal code in Spain: companies liability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <strong>23<sup>rd<\/sup> December 2010<\/strong> an important <strong>reform of the criminal code\u00a0in Spain<\/strong>\u00a0shall come into force. Such reform sets forth the possibility that <strong>in Spain companies may be criminally liable for certain crimes committed by their employees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Those <strong>offences for which the company might be held liable<\/strong> are the following:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offences against the Public Treasure and Social Security<\/li>\n<li>Fraud with public subsidy. Illegal funds acquisition<\/li>\n<li>Non compliance with the accountancy obligations imposed by taxation laws<\/li>\n<li>Offences against foreign citizen&#8217;s rights<\/li>\n<li>Offences about urban planning<\/li>\n<li>Offences against environmental resources<\/li>\n<li>Dumping site for toxic and dangerous waste. Offences related to ionizing radiation. Machine or elements&#8217; manipulation that may wreak havoc<\/li>\n<li>Growing, manufacture or traffic of drugs, narcotics or psychotropic substances<\/li>\n<li>Credit or debit card falsification and travel cheques falsification<\/li>\n<li>Organ trafficking<\/li>\n<li>Human trade; prostitution and corruption of minors<\/li>\n<li>Cooperation with armed gang<\/li>\n<li>Price alteration<\/li>\n<li>Corruption, Bribery, Influence peddling<\/li>\n<li>Money laundering<\/li>\n<li>Fraud, including fraud in ligation processes<\/li>\n<li>Punishable insolvencies<\/li>\n<li>Damages<\/li>\n<li>Secrets disclosure<\/li>\n<li>Offences against Intellectual Property<\/li>\n<li>Falsification of economic and financial information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All that will be possible as long as the criminal offences are caused due to <strong>a lack of the<\/strong> &#8220;<em><strong>due control<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; <strong>in the company<\/strong> that should have been exercised over the employees. The <em><strong>&#8220;due control<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; is deemed to have been properly established within the company when there is a<strong> corporate compliance program<\/strong> based on<strong> prevention and surveillance<\/strong> of the crimes that might be committed by employees, e.g: furnishing the employees with the appropriate training and instructions for such purposes.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Arpa Abogados Consultores\" href=\"http:\/\/arpa.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #07076c;\">Arpa Abogados Consultores<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a title=\"Law Firms at Eurojuris Espa\u00f1a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asociacion-eurojuris.es\/en\/quienes-somos\/despachos-asociados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Member of\u00a0Eurojuris Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23rd December 2010 an important reform of the criminal code\u00a0in Spain\u00a0shall come into force. 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