On the need to really criminalize corruption in the private sector The article refers to the criminalization of corruptive behaviours in the private sector. It contains a thesis that Art. 296a of the Penal Code does not fulfil the requirements set forth in the international and EU law, as it constitutes an offence of economic corruption, covering corruptive behaviours undertaken both in the private and the public sectors. The aim of the article is to critically analyse the current wording of Art. 296a PC in the light of the international and EU law, as well as to formulate a de lege ferenda proposition of a new wording of this provision, which would finally penalize all corruptive behaviours in the private sector and at the same time put the Polish law in compliance with the international standards.