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Member States shall provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties applicable to natural or legal persons that: hinder or attempt to hinder reporting; retaliate against persons referred to in Article 4; bring vexatious proceedings against persons referred to in Article 4; breach the duty of maintaining the confidentiality of the identity of reporting persons, as referred to in Article 16.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-11 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.