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80 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimeor entity, in exchange for acting or refraining from acting in the performance of hispublic duties or in the provision of a public service;“(b) The promise, offering or giving, directly or indirectly, to a public officialor a person who provides a public service, of any article of monetary value or otherbenefits such as gifts, favours, promises or advantages for that public official or foranother person or entity, in exchange for acting or refraining from acting in the performanceof his public duties or in the provision of a public service;“(c) The acting or refraining from acting, by a public official or a person whoprovides a public service, in the performance of his duties, for the purpose of unlawfullyobtaining benefits for himself or for a third party;“(d) The promise, offering or giving, directly or indirectly, by its nationals, personshaving their habitual residence in its territory or businesses domiciled there, ofany article of monetary value or other benefits such as gifts, favours, promises oradvantages, in exchange for the acting or refraining from acting by a public officialof another State or a person who provides a public service in another State, in theperformance of that official’s public duties or provision of a public service, in connectionwith an economic or commercial transaction;“(e) The increase in the assets of a public official or a person who provides apublic service when that person is unable to prove the legitimacy of that increase orthe lawful origin of the property in his or her name or in respect of which he or sheacts as owner;“(f) The fraudulent use or concealment of property derived from any of theacts referred to in this article; and“(g) The participation as an accomplice in any of the offences established pursuantto this article.“3. Moreover, States Parties shall consider adopting such legislative and othermeasures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences other forms of corruptionwhen committed intentionally and involving an organized criminal group.“4. Subject to the legal principles of the State Party, the liability of legal personsmay be criminal, civil or administrative and such persons, if held liable, shallbe subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, including monetarysanctions.Report of the Chairman on the informal consultations (A/AC.254/L.120)“Introduction“1. Pursuant to its decision at its fifth session, held in Vienna from 4 to 15October 1999, the Ad Hoc Committee devoted part of the informal consultations atits sixth session to the consideration of articles 4 ter, 20, 22 and 22 bis of the reviseddraft United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.“2. Regarding article 4 ter, the participants at the informal consultations hadbefore them proposals made by Colombia (A/AC.254/L.100), Japan (A/AC.254/L.111)and the Russian Federation (A/AC.254/L.115). 18 Mexico also submitted a proposal18This proposal focused on rewording the title of article 4 ter as follows: “Criminalization of corruption”.