SPAIN Law and Practice Contributed by: Gabriel Rodríguez-Ramos, RODRIGUEZ RAMOS ABOGADOS
(a) to engage in improper conduct: (i) public official who promotes or re - ceives it (Article 419 CC) – six years of imprisonment and 12 years of dis - qualification, with a limitation period of 15 years; and (ii) private individual who promotes or pays it (Article 424 CC) – six years of imprisonment, with a limitation period of ten years; (i) public official who promotes or re - ceives it (Article 420 CC) – four years of imprisonment and nine years of disqualification, with a limitation period of ten years; and (ii) private individual who promotes or pays it (Article 424 CC) – four years of imprisonment, with a limitation period of five years; (i) public official who promotes or re - ceives it (Article 422 CC) – one year of imprisonment and three years of disqualification, with a limitation period of five years; and (ii) private individual who promotes or pays it (Article 424 CC) – one year of imprisonment, with a limitation period of five years; • misappropriation of public funds: (a) of public assets (Article 432 CC) – eight years imprisonment and 20 years of dis - qualification, with a limitation period of 15 years; (b) use for private purposes (Article 432 bis CC) – three years of imprisonment and four years of disqualification, with a limita - tion period of five years; (c) use for a purpose different from the one intended (Article 433 CC) – four years of imprisonment and six years of disquali - (b) to gratify proper conduct: (c) due to their public position:
fication, with a limitation period of ten years; • fraud in public procurement (Article 436 CC) – six years of imprisonment and ten years of disqualification, with a limitation period of ten years; • bribery of foreign officials and authorities in economic operations (public procurement) with disruption of competition (Article 286 ter CC) – six years of imprisonment, with a limita - tion period of ten years; • bribery of administrators, executives, and employees of companies (Article 286 bis CC) – four years of imprisonment and six years of disqualification, with a limitation period of ten years; • bribery of sports entities, athletes, and refer - ees to manipulate the outcome of highly sig - nificant sports competitions (Article 286 bis CC) – four years imprisonment and six years of disqualification, with a limitation period of ten years; • money laundering (Article 301) – six years of imprisonment, with a limitation period of ten years; • falsification of accounting or any other docu - ments that should reflect the legal or financial situation of the entity (Article 290 CC) – three years of imprisonment, with a limitation period of five years; and • falsification of the economic-financial infor - mation contained in the prospectuses for any financial instruments (Article 282 bis CC) – six years of imprisonment, with a limitation period of ten years. 3.2 Geographical Reach of Applicable Legislation Spanish criminal jurisdiction is set out in Arti - cle 23 of the Organic Law of the Judicial Power, which settles the following.
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