Vienna Establishes "External Reporting Office for EU Infringements"

PeopleOther ♦ Published: January 10, 2023; 22:16 ♦ (Vindobona)

An External Reporting Office for EU Legal Violations, which was set up in Vienna at the beginning of 2023 following the requirements of the EU Whistleblowing Directive, is to make it possible to report violations of EU law. Marion Winkler took over the management of the External Reporting Office with an appointment decree.

Deputy Mayor Christoph Wiederkehr, Marion Winkler, Mayor Michael Ludwig, Magistrate Dietmar Griebler and Christian Meidlinger, Chairman of younion_The Existence Union (from left to right). / Picture: © C.Jobst/PID

The EU Directive on the Protection of Persons Reporting Breaches of EU Law ("EU Whistleblowing Directive") entered into force in December 2021 and was implemented in Vienna with the Vienna Whistleblower Protection Act. By the EU Directive, the Act provides for the establishment of two bodies for the confidential reporting of EU law violations: an internal and an external reporting…