Philippe Goossens organized a lunch on Thursday, 15 December in partnership with the Business Legal Forum on the theme :

“The Sapin 2 Law: The Law and its implementation decrees”

“Public Authorities: What objectives and what means? Companies: What practical issues?”

In adopting the Sapin 2 bill, France now has a legal framework for the fight against corruption that is equivalent to that of the United States or Great Britain. Beyond the level of possible sanctions, the compulsory preventative obligations and the imposed compliance measures, the text organizes, for the first time, a true negotiation with the public prosecutor’s office within the framework of a public interest judicial agreement. But between the adopted text and that which the implementation decrees will organize, it is urgent to measure the existing margins on some of the key points :

• Whistleblower protection,
• Establishment of a vigilance obligation for large companies,
• Creation of the National Agency for the Prevention and Detection of Corruption,
• Implementation of a public interest judicial agreement,
• Reinforcement of the repressive arsenal (toughening of penalties and creation of a compliance program penalty).

Philippe exchanged points of view and experiences with high-level participants, including:

• Damien GOUBAU, Groupe Compliance Director, VEOLIA
• Marc JANY, Group General Counsel, DASSAULT SYSTEME,
• Frédéric PIERUCCI, prior VP at ALSTOM POWER, President, IKARIAN.