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Part One. Article 34 285B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 34Implementation of the Convention1. Each State Party shall take the necessary measures, including legislativeand administrative measures, in accordance with fundamental principles ofits domestic law, to ensure the implementation of its obligations under thisConvention.2. The offences established in accordance with articles 5, 6, 8 and 23 ofthis Convention shall be established in the domestic law of each State Party independentlyof the transnational nature or the involvement of an organized criminalgroup as described in article 3, paragraph 1, of this Convention, except to theextent that article 5 of this Convention would require the involvement of anorganized criminal group.3. Each State Party may adopt more strict or severe measures than thoseprovided for by this Convention for preventing and combating transnationalorganized crime.C. Interpretative noteThe interpretative note on article 34 of the convention approved by the AdHoc Committee and contained in its report on the work of its first to eleventhsessions (see A/55/383/Add.1, para. 59) is as follows:Paragraph 2The purpose of this paragraph is, without altering the scope of applicationof the convention as described in article 3, to indicate unequivocally that thetransnational element and the involvement of an organized criminal group are notto be considered elements of those offences for criminalization purposes. The paragraphis intended to indicate to States parties that, when implementing the convention,they do not have to include in their criminalization of laundering ofcriminal proceeds (article 6), corruption (article 8) or obstruction of justice (article23) the elements of transnationality and involvement of an organized criminalgroup, nor in the criminalization in an organized criminal group (article 5) theelement of transnationality. This provision is furthermore intended to ensure clarityfor States parties in connection with their compliance with the criminalizationarticles of the convention and is not intended to have any impact on the interpretationof the cooperation articles of the convention (articles 16, 18 and 27).