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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

Croatia - Transposition of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing

EU Directive on Whistleblowing

Published: Dec 2019

The Government of the Republic of Croatia has adopted the Plan of legislative activities for 2021 which foresees amendments to the whistleblowing act to be adopted in the third trimester of the upcoming year. These amendments are also foreseen by the Plan of harmonization of legislation with the acquis communautaire for 2021 which was determined in the same Government’s session.

Croatia: Croatian Government adopts plan to amend whistleblowing act in accordance with the EU Directive on Whistleblowing

Published: Dec 2020

As the institution responsible for external reporting of irregularities, in July 2020 the Croatian Ombudsman joined the Network of European Integrity and Whistleblowing Authorities (NEIWA) whose basic objectives are encouraging cooperation of state institutions in this field at European level and enabling consistent application of EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.