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Transposition of the Whistleblower Directive countdown in Spain has begun
25 January 2021
The deadline for transposing the Directive (EU) 2019/1937, of 23 October 2019, on the protection of persons who report breaches of the Union law (the "Whistleblower Directive") is 17 December 2021 (17 December 2023 for organizations with between 50 and 249 workers).
For that purpose, in Spain a working group within the Ministry of Justice started working on a draft in mid-year 2020, and the period for public consultation is currently open, until next 27 January. The aim is to gather opinion on a number of questions regarding the implementation of the channels, the determination of competent authorities to attend them, the scope of the material application, the admissibility of anonymous reports, or the measures of protection to be deployed, among others.
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