Facilitation Payments definition

Facilitation Payments means payments to a Government Official to facilitate or expedite performance of a routine governmental action which is an action which is commonly performed by such Government Official.
Facilitation Payments means a payment made to expedite or secure the performance by a Public Official of any act of a routine nature that is part of the Public Official’s duties or functions, including:
Facilitation Payments means payments made to secure or expedite the performance by a person performing a routine or administrative duty or function which is commonly performed by the Public Official.

Examples of Facilitation Payments in a sentence

  • Facilitation Payments: shall include infrequent payments made to a Public Official to facilitate routine, nondiscretionary governmental actions that: (i) the Public Official ordinarily performs; and (ii) Supplier is entitled to under the laws of the relevant country.

  • Examples of Facilitation Payments include payments to expedite the processing of licenses, permits or visas for which all paperwork is in order.


More Definitions of Facilitation Payments

Facilitation Payments meanssmall, unofficialpayments made to expedite or secure routine government action. Examples include payments to: (a) secure processing of licences, visas, permits or papers such as work orders; and (b) induce minor government functionaries (government employees without discretionary authority
Facilitation Payments means generally small, unofficial, non-transparent payments, demanded by Public Officials in some countries to take or expedite routine official actions to which the company within the Group is entitled under applicable law. To qualify as a Facilitation Payment, a payment must be made to an individual Public Official or person specified by such Public Official, not to a Government Entity.
Facilitation Payments means a form of Bribery in which payments ofanything of value” are made with the purpose of expediting or facilitating the performance by a Public Official or a person with a certifying function of a routine governmental action to obtain or retain business or any other undue advantage. Facilitation payments are typically demanded by low level and low income Public Officials in exchange for providing services to which one is legally entitled without such payments.
Facilitation Payments means payments made or goods provided to perform or expedite a routine duty and / or speed up the performance of any formal standard procedures irrespective of size or frequency.
Facilitation Payments means payments made to secure or expedite the performance by a person performing a routine or administrative duty or function.
Facilitation Payments means typically small, unofficial payments (sometimes known as “grease payments”) made to secure or expedite a routine government action by a government official.
Facilitation Payments means any payment intended to secure the performance of a Routine Governmental Action to which the payor is unquestionably entitled, made to a low level Government Official whose duties are ministerial or clerical, that is modest in amount and not intended to influence the exercise of discretion by the Government Official. A payment to a Government Official who is involved in the decision making process with regard to COMPANY Group’s business dealings with the government can never be considered a Facilitation Payment and is prohibited by this Agreement.