10th June 2015

Good Governance: OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: Czech Republic still needs to make progress in its legislative and institutional framework

 

In May 2015 OECD published a follow-up report on the Czech Republic’s implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Particularly, the Phase 3 report evaluated the Czech Republic's implementation of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and the 2009 Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

„Since the Czech Republic’s Phase 3 Report in March 2013, out of 21 separate recommendations, it has fully implemented five, partially implemented ten, and not implemented six. In particular, the Czech Republic still needs to make significant progress on certain key recommendations concerning its legislative and institutional framework for implementing the Anti-Bribery Convention (Convention). As of March 2015, one new foreign bribery case is under investigation and three investigations have been closed. The Czech Republic has still not prosecuted a case of the bribery of foreign public officials; although the Working Group on Bribery (WGB) notes improvements on proactively detecting and investigating cases.“ (Source: OECD: Czech Republic: Follow-up to the Phase 3 Report & Recommendations)

Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic