EU Whistleblowing Monitor – September 2022 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 September 2022.

As of 01 September, it has been 9 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:
 

• Denmark : ‘Lov om beskyttelse af whistleblowere’ was adopted 24 June 2021 and entered into force 17 December 2021.
• Sweden : ‘Lagen om skydd för personer som rapporterar om missförhållanden’ was adopted 29 September 2021 and entered into force on 17 December 2021.
• Portugal : ‘Proposta de Lei n.º 91/XIV and others’ were adopted 26 November 2021, published 20 December 2021 and enters into force 6 months later.
• Lithuania : ‘Pranešėjų Apsaugos Įstatymas’ was adopted on 16 December 2021 and was due to enter into force on 15 February 2021.
• Malta : ‘ATT sabiex jemenda l-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni ta’ Informatur, Kap. 527’ passed the third reading on 14 December 2021.
• Cyprus : ‘ περι τησ προστασιασ προσωπων που αναφερουν παραβιασεισ του ενωσιακου και εθνικου δικαιου και αφορουν το δημοσιο συμφερον νομοσ’ was adopted on 20 January 2021.
• Latvia : ‘Trauksmes celšanas likums’ was adopted on 20 January 2022 and was due to enter into force on 16 February 2022.
• France : ’Proposition de Loi visant à améliorer la protection des lanceurs d’alert’ was adopted on 15 February 2022 and was promulgated on 22 March 2022.
• Croatia : 'O Proglašenju Zakona O Zašiti Prijavitelja Nepravilnosti' was adopted on 15 April and entered into force on the 23 April 2022.

• Ireland: ‘Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022’ was adopted on 21 July 2022 and enters into force on 01 January 2023

Transposition Bills have been issued in a further 11 countries:

• Estonia : ‘Rikkumisest teavitaja kaitse seaduse eelnõu’
• Luxembourg : Projet de loi 7945
• Poland : ‘Projekt ustawy o ochronie osób zgłaszających naruszenia prawa’
• Slovakia : ‘Návrh zákona, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa zákon č. 54/2019’
• Slovenia : Predlog Predpisa: Zakon O Zaščiti Prijaviteljev’
• Netherlands : ‘Wijziging van de Wet Huis voor klokkenluiders en enige andere wetten’
• Spain : 'Anteproyecto de Ley reguladora de la protección de las personas que informen sobre infracciones normativas y de lucha contra la corrupción'
• Germany : ‘Entwurf eines Gesetzes für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender’
• Austria : ‘HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz – HSchG’
• Bulgaria : ‘Закон за защита на лицата, които подават сигнали и съобщават публично информация за неправомерни действия’
• Belguim :  PROJET DE LOI sur la protection des personnes qui signalent des violations au droit de l’Union ou au droit national constatées au sein d’une entité juridique du secteur privé (limited to private sector)
• *** Finland : ‘Laki Euroopan unionin ja kansallisen oikeuden rikkomisesta ilmoittavien henkilöiden suojelusta ‘ *** NEW

September Updates:

• Finland: New Whistleblowing Bill Issued
• Czechia: Amended draft law proceedings continue
• Italy: Whistleblowing law reform restarts
• Spain: Civil society urges improvement to preliminary whistleblowing law

 
All these and more can be found on the Monitor Resources and Roundup pages.