EU Whistleblowing Monitor - July 2024 Roundup

August 01, 2024
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July 2024 Monthly Roundup

This is the monthly roundup of updates provided by the EU Whistleblowing Monitor team of country editors detailing national developments in the transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing during July 2024. 

It has now been two years and seven months since the deadline for all Member States to have fully transposed Directive 2019/1937. All 27 countries have adopted transposition legislation. 

No country can be yet considered fully transposed - the EU Commission started and progressed infringement proceedings against most Member States and made referrals to the European Court of Justice for transposition failure. The Commission has now published its conformity report assessing Member States' transposition efforts. 

Updates: 

  • NGO criticizes lack of review on Whistleblowing Law Transposition Anniversary in Germany 
  • NGO sends formal letter to EU Commission for whistleblowing law failures in Hungary
  • New blog on the new EU conformity check on member states compliance and Poland’s road to partial compliance.  

Resources: 

  • The European Commission has published its Report to the European Parliament and Council on the implementation and the application of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing. 

All twenty-seven Member States have now adopted Transposition Laws: 

  • Austria :‘HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz – HSchG) was adopted on 01 February 2023 and entered into force on the 25 February 2023 and selected provisions postponed until 25 August and 17 December 2023.  

  • Hungary :Proposal Nr. 3089 was adopted on 25 May 2023 with selected provisions, will enter into force on 24 July 2023 and others postponed to 2025.  

  • Latvia : ‘Trauksmes celšanas likums’ was adopted on 20 January 2022 and was due to enter into force on 16 February 2022.  

  • Austria : HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz – HSchG was adopted on 01 February 2023 and entered into force on 25 February 2023 and selected provisions postponed until 25 August and 17 December 2023.  

  • Italy :Decreto Legislativo 10 March 2023 , n. 24. Was approved on the 9 March, was published in the official Gazette on the 10 March 2023 and entered into force from July 15th 2023, with selected provisions delayed until 17 December 2023.