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(Information as of 21 June 2004)
Date of deposit of instrument of ratification/acceptance or date of accession
Participation in the Working Group on Bribery (WGB): June 2004
Deposit of instrument of ratification/acceptance: 23 November 2004 (accession instrument)
Entry into force of the Convention: 22 january 2005
Entry into force of implementing legislation: 1 July 2004
Implementing legislation
The Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials has not yet been ratified in Estonia. Estonia will be able to ratify the Convention approximately within a year.
Other relevant laws, regulations or decrees that have an impact on a country’s implementation of the OECD Convention or the Recommendations
Recommendations for remedial action in the report on Estonia’s participation in the WGB
The main relevant laws are:
Penal Law
Code of Criminal Procedure
Anti-Corruption Act
Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act
Income Tax Act
Accounting Act
Countries’ international commitments arising from other international instruments
Estonia has ratified the Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption as well as the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. The Convention of the European Union on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union is in the process of ratification.
Other information
Relevant authorities
The Ministry of Justice – the department of Criminal Policy - is responsible for the overall co-ordination of anti-corruption policy.
The Parliamentary Select Committee on the Application of Anti-Corruption Act is the depository of economic interests' declarations.
The Police and Prosecutor’s Offices are responsible for investigating and proceeding corruption crimes.
The Security Police is responsible for investigating corruption crimes of higher officials. It is also responsible for the anonymous hotline to report cases of corruption.
Relevant Internet links to national implementing legislation
The Ministry of Justice: www.just.ee
The Parliament: www.riigikogu.ee
The Police: www.pol.ee
The Security Police: www.kapo.ee
The Estonian Legal Language Centre (for translated laws): www.legaltext.ee
Signature/Ratification of other relevant international instruments
Civil Law Convention on Corruption – ratified by the Act RT II 2000, 27, 164
Criminal Law Convention on Corruption – ratified by the Act RT II 2001, 28, 140
Working Group on Bribery Monitoring Reports
Phase 1: Review of Implementation of the Convention and 1997 Recommendation
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/54/36211984.pdf
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