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The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today published a report on Germany assessing progress made in implementing the recommendations issued to the country in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report (2020) on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.

GRECO concludes that Germany has implemented satisfactorily one of the fourteen recommendations set out in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report. Of the outstanding thirteen recommendations, five recommendations have been partly implemented and eight have not been implemented.

The report is also available in French. The authorities of Germany provided the unofficial translation in German.

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The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) is a Council of Europe body that aims to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption by monitoring their compliance with anti-corruption standards. It helps states to identify deficiencies in national anti-corruption policies, prompting the necessary legislative, institutional and practical reforms.

INTRODUCTION
1. The fifth GRECO evaluation round concerns "Preventing corruption and promoting
integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement
agencies".

2. This Compliance Report assesses the measures taken by the German authorities to
implement the recommendations made in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report on
Germany which was adopted by GRECO at its 86 th plenary meeting (26-29 October 2020)
and made public on 15 December 2020, following authorisation by Germany
(GrecoEval5Rep(2019)6).
3. As required by GRECO's Rules of Procedure,1 the German authorities submitted a
Situation Report containing information on measures taken to implement the
recommendations in the Evaluation Report. That report was received on 29 April 2022
and served as a basis for this Compliance Report.

4. GRECO selected Poland (in respect of top executive functions in central governments)
and Liechtenstein (in respect of law enforcement agencies) to appoint Rapporteurs for
the compliance procedure. The Rapporteurs appointed were Ms Katarzyna
NASZCZY
KA, on behalf of Poland, and Ms Martina EDLUND, on behalf of
Liechtenstein. They were assisted by GRECO's Secretariat in drawing up this report.

5. The Compliance Report assesses the implementation of each individual
recommendation contained in the Evaluation Report and gives an overall appraisal of
the level of the member's compliance with these recommendations. The
implementation of any outstanding recommendations (partly or not implemented) will
be assessed on the basis of a further Situation Report to be submitted by the authorities
18 months after this Compliance Report is adopted.

II. ANALYSIS
6. GRECO addressed 14 recommendations to Germany in its Evaluation Report.
Compliance with these recommendations is dealt with below.
Preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive
functions)