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In a democratic society, we need to encourage and protect those who speak out and report wrong-doing or illegal behaviour. Thanks to whistle-blowers, scandals like illegal mass surveillance, industrial scale tax avoidance or the sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers have been revealed.
This is why the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament believes that there is an urgent need to enact an EU legal framework that would set out common minimum standards for the protection of whistle-blowers throughout the European Union.
We have drafted, together with legal experts, a draft EU law to protect whistle-blowers. We opened the draft up to public consultation for almost 4 months, from 16/05/15 to 12/09/2016.
We would like to thank everyone who participated for their feedback.
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b. Human resources, ethics officers, work councils or other bodies or designated advisors in charge of mediating conflicts at work, including conflicts of interest;
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External Disclosure to Regulators and Authorities
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- Member States shall protect whistle-blowers if they disclose or report information to a regulatory body or other competent authority.
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- Regulators and other authorities shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
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- Law enforcement, including investigative authorities, such as police and prosecution authorities;
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3. Member States may consider the establishment of a whistle-blower protection authority.
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Article 8
External Disclosure to other Third Parties
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Member States shall provide protection to whistle-blowers, if the information covered by Article 3 (a) of this Directive is disclosed to third parties, including, but not limited to, the following:
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c. Legal associations, trade unions and other officially recognised worker representations.
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Article 9
Review procedure for whistle-blower concerns
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Member States shall ensure for independent, timely and thorough investigations of whistle-blower reports, including the following criteria:
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