For the purposes of this Directive, ‘passive corruption’ means the action of a public official who, directly or through an intermediary, requests or receives advantages of any kind, for himself or for a third party, or accepts a promise of such an advantage, to act or to refrain from acting in accordance with his duty or in the exercise of his functions in a way which damages or is likely to damage the Union's financial interests.
Chun críocha na Treorach seo, ciallaíonn “éilliú éighníomhach” gníomh oifigigh phoiblí a iarrann nó a fhaigheann, go díreach nó trí idirghabhálaí, buntáistí de chineál ar bith, dó féin nó do thríú páirtí, nó a ghlacann gealltanas buntáiste den sórt sin, chun gníomh a dhéanamh nó staonadh ó ghníomh a dhéanamh i gcomhréir lena fheidhmeanna nó lena feidhmeanna nó i bhfeidhmiú a fheidhmeanna nó a feidhmeanna ar dhóigh a dhéanann dochar, nó ar dóigh di dochar a dhéanamh, do leasanna airgeadais an Aontais.