Any approved association that has been registered for at least five years on the date on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise the rights granted to the civil party in respect of the following offences:
1° Offences reflecting a breach of the duty of probity, punishable under Articles 432-10 to 432-15 of the Criminal Code;
2° The offences of bribery and trading in influence, punishable under Articles 433-1, 433-2, 434-9, 434-9-1, 435-1 to 435-10 and 445-1 to 445-2-1 of the same code;
3° The offences of handling stolen goods or money laundering, punishable under Articles 321-1, 321-2, 324-1 and 324-2 of the said code, of the proceeds, income or things derived from the offences mentioned in 1° and 2° of this article;
4° The offences punishable in Articles L. 106 to L. 109 of the Electoral Code.
A Conseil d’Etat decree sets the conditions under which the associations mentioned in the first paragraph of this article may be approved.
A foundation recognised as being in the public interest may exercise the rights granted to civil parties under the same conditions and subject to the same reservations as the association mentioned in this article.