# Compliance Clause

Source: https://contracko.com/pt/biblioteca-de-clausulas/clausula-de-conformidade

# Compliance Clause

Requires both parties to obey applicable laws: anti-bribery, sanctions, data protection and ESG rules.

## O que é

A compliance clause requires the parties to comply with all applicable laws and standards relevant to the contract, typically anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and export controls, anti-money-laundering, data protection, and increasingly ESG and human-rights due diligence.

## Porque é importante

A counterparty's legal breach can taint your own business with fines, sanctions exposure or reputational damage. A compliance clause allocates that risk, supports your own due-diligence defence, and gives a right to terminate if the other side breaks the law.

## Como aplicar

- List the specific regimes that matter: ABC, sanctions, AML, GDPR, ESG.
- Require warranties of past and ongoing compliance, plus prompt notice of any breach.
- Add a right to suspend or terminate, and to flow the obligations down to subcontractors.
- Tie the clause to audit and information rights to verify compliance.

## Dicas de negociação

- • Keep obligations to "applicable" laws so you do not warrant compliance with irrelevant regimes.
- • Insist on a clear termination right for sanctions or bribery breaches.

## Erros frequentes

- • A generic "comply with all laws" line with no notice, audit or termination teeth.
- • Failing to flow compliance obligations down the supply chain.

### Como o Contracko ajuda

Contracko lets you search your contract portfolio for which agreements include compliance obligations tied to specific regimes such as anti-bribery, sanctions, or GDPR. Its AI analysis extracts the notice and audit provisions so you can rapidly assess your position if a counterparty is flagged in a sanctions screen, and reporting tools help you document your due-diligence audit trail.

## Referências jurídicas

- [BW 6:248 Reasonableness and fairness Direito neerlandês](https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0005289)
- [BW 6:265 Dissolution for breach Direito neerlandês](https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0005289)

Salvo indicação em contrário, as referências remetem para o direito neerlandês (Burgerlijk Wetboek, o Código Civil neerlandês); os instrumentos da UE, como o RGPD, aplicam-se em toda a UE. Esta é informação geral, não constitui aconselhamento jurídico. Outras jurisdições tratam estes conceitos de forma diferente. Verifique o texto em vigor e a sua situação com um advogado qualificado.

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## Cláusulas relacionadas

- [Audit Rights Clause](https://contracko.com/pt/biblioteca-de-clausulas/direito-de-auditoria)
- [Warranties Clause](https://contracko.com/pt/biblioteca-de-clausulas/garantias)
- [Flow-Down Clause](https://contracko.com/pt/biblioteca-de-clausulas/clausula-de-transmissao-de-obrigacoes)
- [Change of Control Clause](https://contracko.com/pt/biblioteca-de-clausulas/mudanca-de-controlo)

## Termos relacionados

- [Warranty](https://contracko.com/pt/glossario/garantia)
- [Representation](https://contracko.com/pt/glossario/declaracao)
- [Breach of contract](https://contracko.com/pt/glossario/incumprimento-de-contrato)

### Nunca mais perca um prazo contratual

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- Os riscos e obrigações são apresentados automaticamente
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## Perguntas frequentes

Questões comuns sobre esta cláusula.

- **Q:** Why specify particular laws rather than "all applicable laws"?
  **A:** Naming key regimes (anti-bribery, sanctions, GDPR) makes the obligation concrete, easier to enforce, and signals serious due diligence.

- **Q:** Can a compliance breach trigger termination?
  **A:** Yes, where the clause says so; serious breaches such as bribery or sanctions violations usually justify immediate termination.

- **Q:** Must a company flow compliance obligations to all its subcontractors?
  **A:** Where the head contract requires it, yes. Many anti-bribery and ESG regimes also create their own due-diligence obligations to screen and monitor the supply chain regardless of what the contract says.

- **Q:** What is the duty to notify under a compliance clause?
  **A:** Typically a party must promptly inform the other if it becomes aware of a breach of any specified law. Prompt notice allows the other side to take protective action and supports the notifying party's good-faith defence.

- **Q:** How does an ESG compliance clause differ from a standard compliance clause?
  **A:** An ESG clause goes beyond legal compliance to require adherence to environmental standards, labour rights, and governance norms, often backed by audit rights and a right to terminate for persistent non-improvement.

## Nunca mais perca uma cláusula arriscada

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