The Austrian Act of Corporate Criminal Liability came into force on January 1, 2006.
Since then, associations can be penalized for judicially criminal acts of their decisionmakers and / or employees. A criminal liability of the association presupposes that
the offense was committed in favor of the association and, that the criminal offense
violates the duties determined by the association (association duties).
In the case of a violation against the VbVG, the court will impose an association fine,
which depends on the annual yield of the association. In addition, an instruction can
be issued for compensation for damage.
In 2018 there were counted 341 preliminary investigations against associations, of
which only 28 resulted in an indictment. Only in five cases, there was a conviction,
and an association fine was imposed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:72842 |
| Date | 20 November 2020 |
| Creators | Caspar-Bures, Bettina |
| Publisher | Universität Leipzig, University of Miami |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-728409, qucosa:72840 |
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