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• The verification regarding the compliance of the employees working for the Romanianbranch office, with the internal rules and procedures, or code of ethics established bythe mother-companyAs regards the second mentioned component, when breaching an internal rule or procedure, animportant role is played by the falling of such behavior into the category of offenses.Hence, according to the Romanian Law no. 78/2000 regarding the prevention, disclosure andsanction of the corruption deeds, a corruption deed represents an abusive use of the powersentrusted in order to receive personal or group benefits, or an use of the professional positionwithheld, of the attributions or assignments received, with the scope of gaining money,obtaining goods or other unjustified advantages, for himself or for another person. Subject ofthe corruption deed may be any persons which permanently or temporary withholds a positionor is entrusted with an assignment, if this person is involved in the decision taking procedure ormay influence such decisions, including but not limited to the managers, the directors, theadministrators or other persons having controlling competence.However, there are also offenses that are not considered to be corruption deeds, but aredirectly connected, that require for special conditions to be fulfilled and whose breachingimplies different sanctions. These aforementioned offences may be: forgery, use of forgery,blackmail, money laundering, tax evasion, fraudulent bankruptcy, special offences establishedby the law regulating the companies.Kind regards,Team Haţegan20