Based on the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of June the 14th 2024 implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) on the protection of whistleblowers of Union law of October the 23rd 2019, at AFORMIC POLSKA Sp. z o.o. the „Procedure for making notifications of the law breaches and taking follow-up actions” (hereinafter: Internal Notification Procedure) was established.
The Procedure applies to individuals who report or disclose information about a Breach of Law obtained in a work-related context, including an employee and temporary worker; a person providing work on a basis other than employment, including under a civil law contract; an entrepreneur; a proxy, shareholder or partner; a member of a body of a legal person or an organisational unit without legal personality; a person providing work under the supervision and direction of a contractor, subcontractor or supplier; an intern, volunteer, trainee. The provisions of the Procedure also apply to Whistleblowers:
One may report a breach, which is an illegal act or omission or an act intended to circumvent the law relating to corruption; public procurement; financial services, products and markets; anti-money laundering and terrorist financing; product safety and compliance; transport safety; environmental protection; radiological and nuclear safety; food and feed safety; animal health and welfare; public health; consumer protection; protection of privacy and personal data; security of networks and information and communication systems; financial interests of the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland, a local government unit and the European Union; the internal market of the European Union, including public law principles of competition and state aid and taxation of legal persons; constitutional freedoms and rights of the human being and the citizen – occurring in relations of an individual with public authorities and not related to the areas indicated above.
The procedure does not allow for anonymous Notifications (i.e. without providing any of your credible details).
The AIUT Group allows the free reporting of irregularities concerning its functioning. Notifications shall be done by sending an e-mail to the following address whistleblowing@aiut.com
A notification can concern any element of business dealings, including the internal situation of the AIUT Group (e.g. unethical business practices, environmental issues, human rights violations) and can be made by any business participant.
Irrespective of the choice of reporting channel, AFORMIC POLSKA Sp. z o.o. undertakes that the persons making the notifications will not suffer negative professional and/or economic consequences as a direct consequence of making the notification. The preceding sentence shall not apply if the notification turns out to be false and made in bad faith, in which case, only action in accordance with the provisions of generally applicable law shall be taken.