Activities of Julia PITERA related to 2016/2224(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest (short presentation) PL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies
Amendments (4)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the activity of whistle- blowers, based on the principles of transparency and integrity, is essential for whistleblowing, so their protection should be guaranteed by law and reinforced throughout the European Union but only if the purpose of their action is to protect the public interest by acting in good faith according to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary steps to implement without any further delay the resolution on the role of whistle-blowers in the protection of EU’s financial interests and, in particular, to submit legislative proposals aimed at establishing a minimum level of protection for European whistle- blowers and an effective and comprehensive European whistle-blower protection programme;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5 a. Regrets that not all of the EU's agencies have implement internal rules to protect whistle-blowers and calls on those agencies to implement the internal rules in accordance with Articles 22a, 22b and 22c of the Staff Regulations;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses the view that the adoption of sector- specific legislation, such as in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the EU, cshould be fast- tracked and should not have to wait for the adoption of more generpreceded by adoption of general provisions with uniform minimum standard of legal protection, in order to efficiently protect the whistle- blowers who act in various issues under various jurisdictions within the EU or in various sectors of the common market; therefore calls on the Commission to submit a proposal of horizontal legislation on the protection of whistle-blowers. without any further delay;