1 Any State may, at the time of signature or when depositing its instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, reserve its right not to establish as a criminal offence under its domestic law, in part or in whole, the conduct referred to in Articles 4, 6 to 8, 10 and 12 or the passive bribery offences defined in Article 5.
Država si lahko ob podpisu ali ob deponiranju svoje listine o ratifikaciji, sprejetju, odobritvi ali pristopu pridrži pravico, da v svojem notranjem pravu delno ali v celoti ne bo določila kot kaznivo ravnanje, navedeno v 4., 6. do 8., 10. in 12. členu, ali dejanje pasivnega podkupovanja, določeno v 5. členu.