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Article 23Penalties
CELEX 32019L1937 · Read on 2026-08-22
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1. Member States shall provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties applicable to natural or legal persons that:
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1. Member States shall provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties applicable to natural or legal persons that:
(a)
hinder or attempt to hinder reporting;
(b)
retaliate against persons referred to in Article 4;
(c)
bring vexatious proceedings against persons referred to in Article 4;
(d)
breach the duty of maintaining the confidentiality of the identity of reporting persons, as referred to in Article 16.
2. Member States shall provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties applicable in respect of reporting persons where it is established that they knowingly reported or publicly disclosed false information. Member States shall also provide for measures for compensating damage resulting from such reporting or public disclosures in accordance with national law.
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