Who is protected as a whistleblower and under what conditions?
Chapter II of the Act on transparency, anti-corruption and modernisation of economic life defines a whistleblower as a natural person who reports or discloses, without direct financial compensation and in good faith, information about a crime, an offence or a threat or harm to the public interest, following the reporting procedure and channels it sets out.
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- Source
- Act no. 2016-1691, articles 6 to 8
- Acts
- Act of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life
- Area
- Finance, money laundering and integrity
- Checked
- 2026-10-01
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