1. Member States shall ensure that supervisory authorities, as well as, where applicable, self-regulatory bodies, establish effective and reliable mechanisms to encourage the reporting of potential and actual breaches of Regulation [please insert reference - proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final].
For that purpose, they shall provide one or more secure communication channels for the reporting referred to in the first subparagraph. Such channels shall ensure that the identity of persons providing information is known only to the supervisory authority, or, where applicable, self-regulatory body.
2. The mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1 shall include at least:
(a) specific procedures for the receipt of reports on breaches and their follow-up;
(b) appropriate protection for employees or persons in a comparable position, of obliged entities who report breaches committed within the obliged entity;
(c) appropriate protection for the accused person;
(d) protect
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