Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 26 November 2019

Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (Whistleblower Protection Directive)

	Recitals
	Chapter I Scope, definitions and conditions for protection (arts. 1-6)
	Article 1 Purpose
	Article 2 Material scope
	Article 3 Relationship with other Union acts and national provisions
	Article 4 Personal scope
	Article 5 Definitions
	Article 6 Conditions for protection of reporting persons
	Chapter II Internal reporting and follow-up (arts. 7-9)
	Article 7 Reporting through internal reporting channels
	Article 8 Obligation to establish internal reporting channels
	Article 9 Procedures for internal reporting and follow-up
	Chapter III External reporting and follow-up (arts. 10-14)
	Article 10 Reporting through external reporting channels
	Article 11 Obligation to establish external reporting channels and to follow up on reports
	Article 12 Design of external reporting channels
	Article 13 Information regarding the receipt of reports and their follow-up
	Article 14 Review of the procedures by competent authorities
	Chapter IV Public disclosures (art. 15)
	Article 15 Public disclosures
	Chapter V Provisions applicable to internal and external reporting (arts. 16-18)
	Article 16 Duty of confidentiality
	Article 17 Processing of personal data
	Article 18 Record keeping of the reports
	Chapter VI Protection measures (arts. 19-24)
	Article 19 Prohibition of retaliation
	Article 20 Measures of support
	Article 21 Measures for protection against retaliation
	Article 22 Measures for the protection of persons concerned
	Article 23 Penalties
	Article 24 No waiver of rights and remedies
	Chapter VII Final provisions (arts. 25-29)
	Article 25 More favourable treatment and non-regression clause
	Article 26 Transposition and transitional period
	Article 27 Reporting, evaluation and review
	Article 28 Entry into force
	Article 29 Addressees
	Annex
	Annex, Part I
	Annex, Part II
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