Whistleblower Platform

We have established a system for reporting breaches of Union law.

You can decide whether and which of your contact details you provide and whether you wish to receive feedback. If you decide to receive feedback and provide contact details, you will receive confirmation of receipt of your report within 7 days via the communication channel you have specified. Within 3 months, you will receive information on how your report was handled and any measures taken.

Your report will be sent directly to our external ombudsman’s office, FIRST PRIVACY GmbH in Bremen, Germany, which will treat it confidentially and, after an initial review, forward it to our internal compliance office for further action.

You can submit reports on breaches of law or abusive behavior in the following areas:

  • Public procurement

  • Financial services, financial products and markets and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing

  • Product safety and compliance

  • Transport safety

  • Environmental protection

  • Food and feed safety

  • Animal health and public health

  • Consumer protection

  • Protection of privacy and personal data and security of network and information technology systems

  • Breaches affecting the financial interests of the European Union as referred to in Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and as further defined in relevant Union measures

  • Breaches relating to the internal market as referred to in Article 26(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, including breaches of European Union competition and state aid rules, as well as breaches of internal market rules in relation to actions in breach of corporate tax rules or in relation to arrangements whose purpose is to abusively obtain a tax advantage that defeats the object or purpose of the applicable corporate tax law.

  • Breaches of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains

Obviously irrelevant cases will be deleted without further processing and without confirmation of receipt.

The following link will take you to our platform where you can submit a report or contact the ombudsman’s office:

https://fp-whistleblowing.com/#/

There you will also find information on data protection.