Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

The Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials was originally adopted by the OECD Council on 26 November 2009 (the “2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation”), succeeding the 1997 Revised Recommendation of the Council on Bribery in International Business Transactions, and
sought to enhance the ability of Parties to the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions [OECD/LEGAL/0293] (the “Anti-Bribery Convention”) to prevent, detect, and investigate allegations of foreign bribery.

In order to address challenges, good practices and cross-cutting issues that have emerged in the global anti-corruption landscape since 2009, the OECD Council adopted a revised Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions on 26 November 2021 (hereafter the “2021 Anti-Bribery Recommendation”) on the proposal of Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions (hereafter the “Working Group on Bribery”).