Source document
Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law
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What the document holds
Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of 23 Oct 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, OJ L 305 of 26.11.2019 (40 pp.): 110 recitals and 29 articles on scope, conditions for protection, internal and external reporting channels and deadlines (acknowledgment within 7 days, feedback within 3 months, or 6 for external reports in justified cases), public disclosure, confidentiality, anonymous reports left to member states (Art. 6(2)), ban on retaliation, support and protection measures, penalties (Art. 23), transposition (17 Dec 2021; 17 Dec 2023 for 50-249 workers), Commission reports (17 Dec 2023 and 17 Dec 2025), member-state annual statistics (Art. 27(2)), annex of Union acts. No reward scheme: recital 30 excludes registered informants who report to enforcement authorities in return for reward or compensation. No statistics. Adoption event already in the data; added channel threshold, acknowledgment and feedback deadlines (proposed rules) and the two transposition deadlines as events. The EUR-Lex HTML copy (euu-eurlex-directive-2019-1937) is the same text and is not extracted again.
What it supports
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Reward rules (4)
- Time limit to acknowledge a reportacknowledging receipt of a report (internal channels, Art. 9(1)(b); external channels, Art. 11(2)(b))7 daysSince Dec 2019 · EU Parliament & Council 2019Several countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
- Time limit to give feedback on a reportfeedback to the reporting person on internal reports (from acknowledgment, or from the end of the 7-day period)3 monthsSince Dec 2019 · EU Parliament & Council 2019Several countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
- Time limit to give feedback on a reportfeedback on external reports to competent authorities, in duly justified cases (normally three months)6 monthsSince Dec 2019 · EU Parliament & Council 2019Several countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
- Workforce size requiring an internal reporting channelprivate-sector legal entities that must set up internal reporting channels50 workersSince Dec 2019 · EU Parliament & Council 2019Several countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
Timeline (3)
- EU Whistleblower Directive: deadline for internal channels in mid-sized firms17 Dec 2023Rule changeSeveral countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
- Deadline for EU member states to transpose the Whistleblower Directive17 Dec 2021Rule changeSeveral countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
- EU Whistleblower Directive adopted (protection only)23 Oct 2019LegalSeveral countries · EU Whistleblower Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1937)
About the document
What it covers Official Journal L 305/17 text; Article 26 transposition deadlines.
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