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
November 2022.
As of 01 October, it has been
11 months since the 17 December 2021 deadline for all Member States to have fully transposed
Directive 2019/1937.
16 countries are still listed as
delayed - 1 Member State is still listed as
not started (Hungary).
No country can be yet considered fully
transposed - the EU Commission started
infringement proceedings against 26 states.
Only 10 Member States have adopted
Transposition Laws:
Transposition Bills have been issued in a further 13 countries:
November Updates
- Slovakia: Draft whistleblowing law approved by Government
- Czechia: Whistleblowing Bill approved by Government
- Bulgaria: Parliament approves draft whistleblowing Bill & NGO calls for urgent changes
- Ireland: New whistleblowing guidance published
New Resources:
The Government in Ireland published
new interim statutory guidance on whistleblowing to complement the new reforms of the whistleblower law.
NGO Repubblika have published a new
Report ‘Protecting Whistleblowers in Malta’ assessing Maltese new law utilizing a WIN compliance standard being developed to provide assessment criteria for both EU Directive and international best practice principles for whistleblowing legislation.
A new
European Whistleblowing Institute (EWI) has been established to become a hub of expertise on European whistleblowing with focus areas on education, research, and policy advice. Several articles have been published on their new
blog.
All these and more can be found on the Monitor Resources and Roundup pages.