Verification 31a Penal Code 

Since 2010, legal persons may be liable, under certain circumstances, for crimes committed by their directors, representatives, managers and employees in general. 

Similarly, in 2015, the Criminal Code was reformed to establish the basic requirements that the organisation and management models for crime prevention – MOG (also known as crime prevention models – CPM or crime prevention plans – CPP) should have in order for organisations to be exonerated or at least attenuated in the event of the commission of a crime. In addition, the Circular 1/2016 of the State Attorney General’s Office interpreted, under its consideration, these requirements. 

In recent years, certain standards have been published on the subject, such as UNE 19601 or ISO 37001 to establish these models, but they introduce a significant burden of requirements and imply an expense that is difficult to assume for some companies, especially SMEs or companies that are not used to implementing management systems or undergoing certification processes, and that nevertheless wish or need to submit their models to external auditing. 

Faced with this situation, at EQA we have developed the Simplified Crime Prevention Model Verification service, following a regulated process based on the UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17029:2019 standard on requirements for validation and verification bodies. 

To face this verification process, it is only necessary that your organisation has implemented a model that meets the requirements established in article 31a. For this purpose, at EQA we have a highly qualified team to carry out the verification of the organisation and management model to prevent crimes implemented in your organisation in accordance with the Criminal Code. 

Verification diagram 31a Criminal Code 

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