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New version applies from 30/12/2024 — introduced by MiCA Regulation. 13 provisions change. Later versions: 10/11/2025, 31/12/2025. Article 17a changes in this version: compare with the current text.

Article 17a - Protection of reporting persons

Article 17a
Protection of reporting persons

1.The Authority shall have in place dedicated reporting channels for receiving and handling information provided by a natural or legal person reporting on actual or potential breaches, abuse of law, or non-application of Union law.

2.The natural or legal persons reporting through those channels shall be protected against retaliation in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council 24, where applicable.

3.The Authority shall ensure that all information may be submitted anonymously or confidentially, and safely. Where the Authority deems that the submitted information contains evidence or significant indications of a material breach, it shall provide feedback to the reporting person.

  1. 24 Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17). ↩
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