11. The objective of this DR is to enable transparency on the convictions and sanctions, including fines, related to corruption or bribery during the reporting period and the related outcomes.

12. The undertaking shall disclose the number of convictions and sanctions, including the total amount of fines, for violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws during the reporting period.

Footnote to paragraph 12
This information supports the information needs of: financial market participants subject to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 because it is derived from an additional indicator related to principal adverse impacts, as set out in indicator #17 of Table 3 of Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 with regard to disclosures rules on sustainable investments ('Number of convictions and amount of fines for violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws'); and benchmark administrators to disclose ESG factors subject to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1816 as set out by indicator 'Numbers of convictions and amount of fines for violations of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws' in sections 1 and 2 of Annex II.

AR 5 for para. 12 (corruption or bribery – convictions and sanctions)
Convictions for the violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws refer to final decisions issued by a criminal court against an individual or undertaking in respect of a criminal offence related to corruption or bribery, where these court decisions are entered in the criminal record of the convicting European Union Member State or, if outside the EU, in the equivalent register or record of the jurisdiction concerned.
Sanctions for the violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws refer to final decisions issued by administrative or regulatory authorities against an individual or undertaking in respect of corruption or bribery.

AR 6 for para. 12 (corruption or bribery – fines)
Fines issued for the violation of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws refer to mandatory monetary penalties resulting from violations of anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws imposed by a court, administrative or regulatory authority, which are paid to a public treasury, and which are recognised in the undertaking’s financial statements during the reporting period.