Protection of whistleblowers and operation of the internal notification system

pursuant to Act No. 171/2023 Coll., on the Protection of Whistleblowers, as amended.

This information is used to ensure the information obligation for all authorized whistleblowers according to the aforementioned Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers.

The aim is to provide legal protection to persons who report damage to the public interest that they become aware of in or in connection with employment. The whistleblower must identify himself, but the person concerned has an obligation to protect the identity of the whistleblower and must not disclose it without his consent.

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Whistleblower

Any natural person who reports or discloses information about infringements of the law obtained in connection with work-related or other similar activities.

Announcement

Notification means an oral or written notification by a natural person containing information about a possible infringement that has occurred or is to be committed by a person for whom the notifier has, albeit through intermediation, carried out or performs work or other similar activity, or a person with whom the notifier has been or is in contact with in connection with the performance of work or other similar activity, and which

(a) has the hallmarks of a criminal offence;

b) has signs of an offence for which the law provides for a fine, the upper limit of which is at least CZK 100,000,

(d) infringes another law or regulation of the European Union in the areas defined in Section 2 (1) (1) of the Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers.

Obligatory entity

The mandatory entity is ORGREZ, a.s., which is obliged to establish an internal notification system and designate the relevant person.

Ways to submit a notification

Notifications can be submitted through the internal notification system ORGREZ, a.s., external notification system through the Ministry of Justice or by publication or directly to the competent public authorities.

Internal notification system:

The notifier shall submit the notification via the internal notification system exclusively to the person concerned and shall be entitled to submit it in writing and orally.

The person entrusted with the management of the internal notification system of ORGREZ, a.s. is Martina Životská (hereinafter referred to as “the relevant person”).

Possibilities of submitting notifications through the internal notification system:

Written notification to: ORGREZ, a.s. Hudcova 321/76, 612 00 Brno-Medlánky with the envelope marked “NOTICE — DO NOT OPEN, exclusively to the hands of the relevant person”.
E-mail:  vos@orgrez.cz.
By phone: +420 702 158 987, every working day from 8:00am to 3:00pm
Personal meeting on the basis of a previous telephone agreement: at the registered office of ORGREZ, a.s. at the address: Hudcova 321/76, 612 00 Brno-Medlánky or by agreement elsewhere.

The compulsory entity shall not exclude the receipt of a notification from a person who does not carry out work or other similar activities for the obligated body pursuant to Paragraph 2 (3) (a), (b), (h) or (i).

External notification system:

All whistleblowers may contact the Ministry of Justice, Vyšehradská 16, 128 10 Prague 2, as an external notification system Information for whistleblowers according to the Act on Protection of Whistleblowers — notifier.justice.cz.

The Lesson of Knowingly False Notification

The notifier should act in the public interest and in the good faith belief that the notification made by him is based on credible facts and facts.

A natural person who submits a knowingly false notification shall not be protected from retaliation. The notifier commits an offence by submitting a knowingly false notification, for which a fine of up to CZK 50,000 may be imposed.

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