English: In view of the above, GRECO addresses the following recommendations to Romania: i) to harmonise the relevant provisions relating to interim measures and confiscation, including value seizure and confiscation, by finalising, as soon as possible, the envisaged amendments on the Criminal code and Code of criminal procedure (paragraph 16); ii) to introduce the possibility to confiscate the proceeds of corruption every time it is sanctioned by an administrative penalty (paragraph 17); iii) to strengthen the capacities of prosecution services and courts to deal efficiently with corruption cases within a reasonable time, in particular through specialisation and training (paragraph 18); iv) to establish effective co-operation among the National Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office, the Prosecutor’s Office at the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the competent police departments in cases combining corruption, money laundering and/or organised crime (paragraph 19); v) to review, as necessary, the legislation unduly restricting the right of individuals to have access to official documents and to provide appropriate training to public officials on the implementation of the rules on freedom of information (paragraph 46); vi) to ensure that all public officials within the wider public sector are subject to appropriate rules, particularly in the field of recruitment and promotion (paragraph 48); vii) to complement the existing codes of conduct, where necessary (eg regarding reactions to gifts and reporting of corruption) and to ensure that all public officials receive appropriate training (paragraph 49); viii) to extend the scope of the existing rules on conflicts of interest and incompatibilities, and make them applicable to all public officials exercising an activity involving prerogatives of public authority, and to introduce an appropriate system for supervising the application of these rules, including in the field of abusive migration by public officials to the private sector (paragraph 50); ix) to introduce an effective system for supervising declarations of assets and interests (paragraph 52); x) to consolidate and harmonise the rules on gifts and to provide appropriate training for public officials, drawing on practical examples (paragraph 53); xi) to add the offence of money laundering to the list of criminal offences justifying the professional disqualification for convicted persons (paragraph 64); xii) to reinforce checks on the information required by law and the companies’ real purposes, during and after registration (paragraph 65); xiii) to actively pursue the current legislative developments aimed at introducing an adequate regime of liability of legal persons for criminal offences committed on their behalf and to establish adequate
French: Dans tous ces domaines, la finalisation des codes pénal et de procédure pénale et certains ajustements législatifs, accompagnés de mesures d'exécution efficaces et de formations appropriées, devraient contribuer à atteindre les résultats escomptés. Au vu de ce qui précède, le GRECO adresse les recommandations suivantes à la Roumanie: i) harmoniser les dispositions pertinentes en matière de confiscation et de mesures provisoires, y compris par équivalent, en finalisant, dans les meilleurs délais, les amendements envisagés dans le code pénal et le code de procédure pénale (paragraphe 16); ii) introduire la possibilité de confisquer les produits de la corruption toutes les fois que la corruption est sanctionnée au niveau administratif.