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1. Introduction
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios, S.A. and its group of companies
('ACS' or ‘the Organisation') are firmly committed to complying with all applicable
laws and standards in all the territories in which it operates, based on the spirit and
purpose thereof, and observing ethical behaviour in all our actions.
ACS has defined a corporate model based on the values of Integrity, Excellence,
Trust, Sustainability, and Profitability, observing at all times conduct aligned with
our values, rooted in our firm conviction regarding the benefits of such conduct.
ACS considers integrity to be the Group's foremost value. We demand integrity by
promoting and recognising behaviour amongst our people in accordance with
ethics and compliance with laws and standards, regardless of the post held and
the Group company where they work. We believe that it all begins with strict
compliance with internal and external regulations and standards, based on the
spirit and purpose thereof, and observing ethical behaviour in all our actions.
In accordance with the principle of Integrity included in our Code of Conduct, ACS
Group companies must not only ensure the correct application of different
regulations on international transactions, but also consider any restrictions or
embargoes on certain persons, organisations or countries, which may affect them,
issued by countries and international platforms. For this purpose, they will pay
special attention to possible payments made by third parties as a way of
circumventing international restrictions or embargoes, since this may represent a
potential infringement of these limitations.
Therefore, any breach of International Sanctions defined in Annex I ('International
Sanctions') is one of the risks against which the Group protects itself by adopting
internal procedures.
Failure to comply with regulations on International Sanctions may expose ACS
Group companies, and executives and employees individually, to civil, regulatory,
and criminal sanctions, including significant economic fines and/or custodial
sentences. In addition, any conduct contrary to regulations on International
Sanctions will constitute a breach of ACS Group values, which will not be tolerated.
Consequently, in compliance with the sanctions applicable to the ACS Group and
adopted by the EU, any individual EU State, the United Kingdom, the UN, the US
and any other sanctioning authority of a country in which the ACS Group operates
or has or may have any type of interest, the Group will refrain from performing any
business that infringes International Sanctions.
To this end, ACS has developed a specific policy that, in line with the Code of
Conduct, the General Risk Control and Management Policy, the General
Compliance Policy, and the rest of the Global Compliance Management System,
provides general guidelines to support the Organisation's efforts to comply with
international regulations on International Sanctions and to end any conduct that
does not comply as soon as reasonably possible after its discovery (the 'Policy').