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The EU’s Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of European Union law (the “Whistleblowing Directive”) is in the process of being implemented into the EU Member States’ national laws. Our team is closely monitoring all developments related to local implementation.
Last Updated: 29 June 2022




Austria – Proposed Bill (German)
Belgium – Proposed Bill 1 (French) / Proposed Bill 2 (French)
Bulgaria – Proposed Bill (Bulgarian)
Croatia – Law Adopted (Croatian)
Cyprus – Law Adopted (Greek)
Czech Republic – Proposed Bill (Czech)
Denmark – Law Adopted (Danish)
Estonia – Proposed Bill (Estonian)
Finland – Proposed Bill (Finnish)
France – Law Adopted (French)
Germany – Proposed Bill (German)
Greece – Proposed Bill (Greek)


Hungary – Not available yet
Iceland (EEA country) – Incorporation Status
Ireland – Proposed Amendment to Existing Law (English)
Italy – Not available yet
Latvia – Law Adopted (Latvian)
Liechtenstein (EEA Country) – Incorporation Status
Lithuania – Law Adopted (Lithuanian)
Luxembourg – Proposed Bill (French)
Malta – Law Adopted (Maltese/English)
Netherlands – Proposed Amendment to Existing Law (Dutch)


Norway (EEA country) – Incorporation Status
Poland – Proposed Bill (Polish)
Portugal – Law Adopted (Portuguese)
Romania – Proposed Bill (Romanian)
Slovakia – Proposed Amendment to Existing Law (Slovak)
Slovenia – Proposed Bill (Slovenian)
Spain – Proposed Bill (Spanish)
Sweden – Law Adopted (Swedish)
United Kingdom – Whistleblowing Directive will not be implemented. Find out more about the UK’s Whistleblowing Laws.

Whistleblowing Local Implementation

The <a href="https://media2.mofo.com/v3/assets/blt5775cc69c999c255/blt69a8dcd4bebd4279/627312050cffdf1eb1369c4e/eu-whistleblowing-directive.pdf" target="_blank">EU’s Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of European Union law</a> (the “Whistleblowing Directive”) is in the process of being implemented into the EU Member States’ national laws. Our team is closely monitoring all developments related to local implementation.Last Updated: 10 August 2022<iframe class="iframe-responsive" title="Tableau data visualization of local implementation of the whistleblowing directive" src="https://public.tableau.com/views/GDPRWhistleblowingLocalImplementation/WhistleblowingDash?:retry=yes&:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link&:showVizHome=no&:embed=true" width="100" height="530" frameborder="0" style="width: 100; height: 530;"></iframe><div class="row"><div style="padding-left: 2%;padding-right: 2%;" class="col-md-4">Austria – <a href="https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVII/ME/ME_00210/index.shtml" target="_blank">Proposed Bill</a> (German)Belgium – <a href="https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/flwb&language=fr&cfm=/site/wwwcfm/flwb/flwbn.cfm?legislist=legisnr&dossierID=1730" target="_blank">Proposed Bill 1</a> (French) / <a href="https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/flwb&language=fr&cfm=/site/wwwcfm/flwb/flwbn.cfm?legislist=legisnr&dossierID=1380" target="_blank">Proposed Bill 2</a> (French)Bulgaria – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.justice.government.bg/home/index/9a1c0da6-6c6d-4148-81e2-afabbed5ff3d">Proposed Bill</a> (Bulgarian)Croatia – <a target="_blank" href="https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2022_04_46_572.html">Law Adopted</a> (Croatian)Cyprus – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/gpo/gpo.nsf/All/1625E4AADE4B1A30C22587DF0047EFB8/$file/4872%204%202%202022%20PARARTIMA%201o%20MEROS%20I.pdf">Law Adopted</a> (Greek)Czech Republic – <a href="https://apps.odok.cz/veklep-detail?pid=KORNCDXFM97V" target="_blank">Proposed Bill</a> (Czech)Denmark – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2021/1436">Law Adopted</a> (Danish)Estonia – <a target="_blank" href="https://eelnoud.valitsus.ee/main/mount/docList/3f1ac482-799e-405d-ba69-fd2172ed28e1#KWecA1J6">Proposed Bill</a> (Estonian)Finland – <a target="_blank" href="https://api.hankeikkuna.fi/asiakirjat/0b6fed29-b91b-4574-86c7-6b1354d8fc0d/2f1d6051-20d9-4f77-a345-b245d916a80c/LAUSUNTOPYYNTO_20210702114644.PDF?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=nui">Proposed Bill</a> (Finnish)France – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=OeQt2TRD4lUodLIw1QD_1qzJjClAdyVclT8YLRvUK-g%3D">Law Adopted</a> (French)Germany – <a href="https://www.bmj.de/SharedDocs/Gesetzgebungsverfahren/Dokumente/RegE_Hinweisgeberschutz.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2 " target="_blank">Proposed Bill</a> (German)Greece – <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opengov.gr/minlab/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/05/%CE%A3%CE%9D-%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82.pdf">Proposed Bill</a> (Greek)</div><div style="padding-left: 2%;padding-right: 2%;" class="col-md-4">Hungary – Not available yetIceland (EEA country) – <a href="https://www.efta.int/eea-lex/32019L1937" target="_blank">Incorporation Status</a>Ireland – <a href="https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/act/2022/27/eng/enacted/a2722.pdf" target="_blank">Law Adopted</a> (English)Italy – Not available yetLatvia – <a target="_blank" href="https://likumi.lv/ta/id/329680-trauksmes-celsanas-likums">Law Adopted</a> (Latvian)Liechtenstein (EEA Country) – <a href="https://www.efta.int/eea-lex/32019L1937" target="_blank">Incorporation Status</a>Lithuania – <a href="https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAP/ad4bf270487211eca8a1caec3ec4b244" target="_blank">Law Adopted</a> (Lithuanian)Luxembourg – <a href="https://gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/documents/actualites/2022/01-janvier/12-tanson-projet-loi-ue/Projet-loi-nr7945.pdf" target="_blank">Proposed Bill</a> (French)Malta – <a target="_blank" href="https://legislation.mt/eli/act/2021/67">Law Adopted</a> (Maltese/English)Netherlands – <a href="https://www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/document?id=561fe05a-3175-4931-a93b-37250026eb31&title=Voorstel%20van%20wet.pdf" target="_blank">Proposed Amendment to Existing Law</a> (Dutch)</div><div style="padding-left: 2%;padding-right: 2%;" class="col-md-4">Norway (EEA country) – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.efta.int/eea-lex/32019L1937">Incorporation Status</a>Poland – <a href="https://legislacja.rcl.gov.pl/docs/2/12352401/12822857/12822858/dokument525831.DOCX" target="_blank">Proposed Bill</a> (Polish)Portugal – <a target="_blank" href="https://app.parlamento.pt/webutils/docs/doc.pdf?path=6148523063484d364c793968636d356c6443397a6158526c6379395953565a4d5a5763765130394e4c7a464451554e45544563765247396a6457316c626e527663306c7561574e7059585270646d46446232317063334e686279387a4d3245354d6a497a5979316a595463344c545268595451744f544d344d53307a5a545a6c4d54526a4d3245794d6d55756347526d&fich=33a9223c-ca78-4aa4-9381-3e6e14c3a22e.pdf&Inline=true">Law Adopted</a> (Portuguese)Romania – <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cdep.ro/pls/proiecte/upl_pck2015.proiect?cam=2&idp=19995">Proposed Bill</a> (Romanian)Slovakia – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.slov-lex.sk/legislativne-procesy/SK/LP/2021/637">Proposed Amendment to Existing Law</a> (Slovak)Slovenia – <a target="_blank" href="https://e-uprava.gov.si/drzava-in-druzba/e-demokracija/predlogi-predpisov/predlog-predpisa.html?id=13585">Proposed Bill</a> (Slovenian)Spain – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.congreso.es/web/guest/proposiciones-de-ley?p_p_id=iniciativas&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_iniciativas_mode=mostrarDetalle&_iniciativas_legislatura=XIV&_iniciativas_id=123/000003">Proposed Bill</a> (Spanish)Sweden – <a target="_blank" href="https://data.riksdagen.se/fil/579EB8AD-7901-4202-BE2E-9F33ECB10347">Law Adopted</a> (Swedish)United Kingdom – Whistleblowing Directive will not be implemented. <a href="/special-content/gdpr-european-privacy/whistleblowing/uk-whistleblowing-laws.html">Find out more about the UK’s Whistleblowing Laws</a>.</div></div>

Local Implementation

Local Implementation