Clifford Chance
First guidelines on CJIP
3 July 2019
The Convention judiciaire d'intérêt public ("CJIP") is the
French equivalent to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement
("DPA"), allowing prosecutors to enter into out of court
settlements with corporate entities in complex criminal cases.
It was introduced into law in December 2016, prompting a
procedural revolution for white-collar crime practitioners in
France. On 27 June 2019, financial crime enforcement
agency, the Parquet National Financier ("PNF"), and the
anticorruption regulator tasked with monitoring controlling
compliance programs, the Agence Française Anticorruption
("AFA"), jointly published their first guidelines on the CJIP (the
"Guidelines").
