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EU Whistleblowing

EU Directive on Whistleblowing
16 Dec 2019 - Present

In 2019 the European Union adopted a far-reaching Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.

The ‘EU Directive on Whistleblowing’ entered into force on the 16th of December 2019 and each of the 27 EU Member States have until the 17th of December 2021 to transpose its provisions into their national legal and institutional systems.

The EU Whistleblowing Meter was created by the Whistleblowing International Network to track the progress of transposition across all 27 Member States.

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Transposition of EU Directive on Whistleblowing

EU Directive on Whistleblowing

Estonia - Transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing

EU Directive on Whistleblowing

Published: Dec 2019

Ministry of Justice in Estonia sent an intention to draft a Bill on whistleblower protection to ministries and other relevant stakeholders. The intention foresees drafting a new horizontal law that would protect whistleblowers (or ‘reporting persons’) who report on any kind of offence, widening the initial scope of the EU directive. The document suggests that smaller local municipalities will also be obliged be set up (shared) reporting channels and that a separate reporting regulation should be developed in the areas of internal security and defence.

TI Estonia’s position on the intention: http://transparency.ee/cm/uudised/kve-arvamus-teavitaja-kaitse-eelnou-vtk-le

Official positions of stakeholders: http://eelnoud.valitsus.ee/main/mount/docList/9118fc0c-c5b3-4e71-a7b8-988da0a1aa1d#FUrn38Tv

Estonia: Estonia to potentially adopt a new horizontal law to protect whistleblowers in all sectors

Published: Sep 2020

The Estonian Ministry of Justice is preparing to develop a bill to protect whistleblowers.The Estonian Minister of Justice Raivo Aeg stated, “A number of recent cases clearly show that whistleblowing can have unintended consequences. Creating information channels and providing legal protection contributes to the development of a transparent and open society, and it is certainly important for companies to solve their problems quickly and adequately.”