In cases where Union law allows Member States to provide for sanctions other than criminal sanctions, this Directive should not require Member States to classify the offences in those cases as predicate offences for the purposes of this Directive.
I gcásanna ina dtugtar cead le dlí an Aontais do na Ballstáit foráil a dhéanamh maidir le smachtbhannaí eile nach smachtbhannaí coiriúla iad, níor cheart ceangal a chur ar na Ballstáit leis an Treoir seo na cionta sna cásanna sin a aicmiú mar chionta preideacáide chun críocha na Treorach seo.