Post by nijhumnishita033 on Jan 11, 2024 0:56:17 GMT -6
Brussels has opened a file against Spain and 23 other countries of the European Union (EU) for not transposing Directive 2019/1937 on time . The objective of the community standard is to ensure that those who provide information on crimes related to money laundering, financial services, public procurement... are not harmed in their work environment. It basically aims to prevent people from stopping reporting corruption crimes for fear of the possible consequences. The deadline to transpose the Directive ended on December 17, 2021, more than two years after its approval, which is why the Commission has decided to file a case against the states that have not taken measures.
Why has Spain not transposed the regulations? The Spanish Government already announced in December that the transposition would arrive late, as there were some gaps in the draft internal legislation that Phone Number Data they hoped to resolve at the beginning of 2022 to begin processing. The intention was, however, to take the step before the Commission opened the file. From left to right: Nadia Calviño; Pedro Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz (Photo: Moncloa) The monitoring report on the status of transposition carried out by Transparency International Spain and published in March 2021, shows that Spain is part of the list of EU countries that have made “minimal or no progress in relation to the progress towards the adoption of a comprehensive protection regulation for whistleblowers.
” The current objective is to submit a text in the first round to the Council of Ministers shortly in order to prevent the sanctioning file from succeeding. Consequences of opening the file Under the EU Treaties, the Commission can take legal action (infringement proceedings) against Member States that do not apply Union law. Infringement procedures can end with financial sanctions by the Court of Justice. For the moment, the Commission has taken the first step of the infringement procedure: sending a letter of formal notice requesting more information from the Member State, which has a certain period of time (usually two months) to send a response. detailed.
Why has Spain not transposed the regulations? The Spanish Government already announced in December that the transposition would arrive late, as there were some gaps in the draft internal legislation that Phone Number Data they hoped to resolve at the beginning of 2022 to begin processing. The intention was, however, to take the step before the Commission opened the file. From left to right: Nadia Calviño; Pedro Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz (Photo: Moncloa) The monitoring report on the status of transposition carried out by Transparency International Spain and published in March 2021, shows that Spain is part of the list of EU countries that have made “minimal or no progress in relation to the progress towards the adoption of a comprehensive protection regulation for whistleblowers.
” The current objective is to submit a text in the first round to the Council of Ministers shortly in order to prevent the sanctioning file from succeeding. Consequences of opening the file Under the EU Treaties, the Commission can take legal action (infringement proceedings) against Member States that do not apply Union law. Infringement procedures can end with financial sanctions by the Court of Justice. For the moment, the Commission has taken the first step of the infringement procedure: sending a letter of formal notice requesting more information from the Member State, which has a certain period of time (usually two months) to send a response. detailed.