Whistleblowing - Transposition of the European Directive
Publication: pbbr
Author: Rita Roque de Pinho | Rita Serpa Viana
Date: 05 January 2022
Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2019 (from now on "Directive") on the protection of persons reporting violations of EU law was published on 26 November. The Directive has now been transposed to Portugal with the publication of Law No 93/2021 of 20 December (hereinafter the "Law"), which establishes the general regime for the protection of whistleblowers of offences, transposing the Directive on the protection of persons reporting violations of Union law.