《刑法》第 112 条中的“官员”定义包括关于“外国官员”的一款（第 4 款），该条款在 2012 年 12 月也有了扩大。因此，国内公职人员贿赂行为的组成要素和打击这种贿赂行为所适用的制裁措施也相应适用。审议组注意到，对外国官员的定义仍然没有明确提及行政当局成员以及为公营企业行使公共职能的人员，从而留下不确定的余地。
The definition of “official” in article 112 CC includes a paragraph on a “foreign official” (paragraph 4), which was also expanded in December 2012. Thus, the constituent elements of, and the applicable sanctions against, bribery of domestic public officials apply accordingly. The review team noted that the definition of foreign official continued to lack explicit references to members of administrative authorities, as well as persons exercising public functions for a public enterprise, leaving room for uncertainty.