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Comparison of countries
Hungary
Austria
Indices
Overall Score:
41 out of 100
Rank:
82 out of 180
Rank:
76 out of 141
Overall Score:
22 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,51 out of 1
Rank:
73 out of 142
Overall Score:
84 out of 150
Rank:
76 out of 140
Overall Score:
6,45 out of 10
Rank:
55 out of 119
Overall Score:
67 out of 100
Rank:
25 out of 180
Rank:
44 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,79 out of 1
Rank:
13 out of 142
Overall Score:
34 out of 150
Rank:
139 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,70 out of 10
Rank:
25 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
GRECO
OECD
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
Hungary
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2001.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2005.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1998.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 4 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
Austria
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 2006.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2013.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 1999.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 3 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1990.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2010.
Main Legislation
Hungary
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 290-300A, 305, 306
    (2012. évi C. törvénya Büntető Törvénykönyvről: § 290-300A, 305, 306), (Hungarian);

  2. Law CIV of December 11, 2001 «On the Criminal Measures against Legal Persons»
    (2001. évi CIV. törvény a jogi személlyel szemben alkalmazható büntetőjogi intézkedésekről), (Hungarian);

  3. Law on Civil Service
    (2011. évi CXCIX. törvény a közszolgálati tisztviselőkről), (Hungarian)

  4. Law on Complaints, Public Interest Disclosures and Rules of Reporting of Abuses
    (2023. évi XXV. törvény a panaszokról, a közérdekű bejelentésekről, valamint a visszaélések bejelentésével összefüggő szabályokról), (Hungarian).

Austria
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 153a, 165, 168b, 168f, 168g, 302, 304-309
    (Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Strafgesetzbuch: § 153a, 165, 168b, 168f, 168g, 302, 304-309), (German);
  2. Law on Civil Service
    (Beamten-Dienstrechtsgesetz 1979), (German);
  3. Law on Criminal Liability of Legal Persons
    (Bundesgesetz über die Verantwortlichkeit von Verbänden für Straftaten, abbreviated Verbandsverantwortlichkeitsgesetz or VbVG), (German);
  4. Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers
    (Bundesgesetz über das Verfahren und den Schutz bei Hinweisen auf Rechtsverletzungen in bestimmten Rechtsbereichen, abbreviated HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz), (German).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Hungary
  1. Corruption Prevention Police Department of Hungary
    (Nemzeti Védelmi Szolgálat Korrupciómegelőzési Főosztály), (Hungarian/English);

  2. Integrity Authority
    (Integritás Hatóság), (Hungarian);
  3. Anti-Corruption Task Force
    (Korrupcióellenes Munkacsoport), (Hungarian/English).
Austria
  1. Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption
    (Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung), (German/English);
  2. Central Public Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Economic Offences and Corruption
    (Zentrale Staatsanwaltschaft zur Verfolgung von Wirtschaftsstrafsachen und Korruption), (German);
  3. Austrian Integrity Network
    (Integritätsbeauftragten-Netzwerk), (German).
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