Welcome to the whistleblowing channel of ALCAR! The whistleblowing reporting channel is operated by Sage DPW¹ - secure, anonymous and of course completely independent. You can report a whistleblowing case around the clock and completely anonymously. We guarantee the confidential and independent processing of your report.

Our partner Jank Weiler Operenyi Rechtsanwälte GmbH | Deloitte Legal Austria („JWO | Deloitte Legal“)² will check your report for relevance according to the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinweisgeberInnenschutzgesetz, "HSchG") and forward your report to ALCAR if applicable. In any case, ALCAR will only be informed while preserving your anonymity.

Your report may provide important information for ALCAR. You as a whistleblower³ can make a significant contribution to uncovering grievances and limiting or even preventing damage.

Please only report possible violations⁴ 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
• Protection of the environment
• Radiation protection and nuclear safety
• Food and feed safety, animal health and welfare
• Public health
• Consumer protection
• Protection of privacy and personal data and security of network and information systems
• Prevention and punishment of criminal offences under sections 302 to 309 of the Austrian Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, “StGB”)
• Breaches affecting the financial interests of the European Union
• Breaches relating to the internal market, including competition and state aid rules and corporate tax rules

Please adhere to these legally prescribed subject categories. If your report cannot be assigned to any of the above-mentioned subject categories, please contact an internal office of ALCAR. Please note that reports on topics other than those mentioned are not subject to the protection of the HSchG.

Click on "Report an incident safely and anonymously" below - this will take you to the web form. Please fill in all relevant information. You can also send attachments of max. 10 MB. Please note: digital documents often contain information about authors. To preserve your anonymity, remove these before sending.

Please note that if you do not provide contact details, which will not be passed on to ALCAR without your separate consent, it will not be possible to contact you. In this case, your only option to contact JWO | Deloitte Legal is by submitting a follow-up report or by making an enquiry under providing the individual case number (Report ID). After successful completion of the notification, you will therefore also be shown a Report ID in addition to the summary of your report and the confirmation of receipt. Please note this number and keep it strictly confidential so that you can be assigned to your initial report in the event of subsequent reports or enquiries. If you have provided your contact details, you will also receive an additional confirmation of receipt by e-mail within seven days (including a summary of your report and the individual case number).

JWO | Deloitte Legal will review your report and, usually will inform you about the further course of action or the measures taken within three months, provided that ALCAR provides this information to JWO | Deloitte Legal (in a timely manner) and you have provided contact details. In particularly complex individual cases, this period may be extended to up to six months to ensure a comprehensive and diligent investigation.

Consequences for whistleblowers are prohibited by law. If you believe that you are nevertheless subject to consequences or retaliation, please report it through this channel. The appropriate category is "Protection of privacy and personal data and security of network and information systems". In this way, appropriate countermeasures can be taken.

Primarily, reports should always be made through this reporting channel. However, if in your justified opinion this would not be appropriate or reasonable, or if this would prove unsuccessful or futile, you also have the option of submitting a report via an external reporting channel. If there is no special competence, this is the Austrian Federal Office for Preventing and Combating Corruption (Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung).

Please note that this platform is not intended to deal with general enquiries or complaints, but solely to report violations in the above-mentioned areas. The dissemination of knowingly false or misleading information may be punishable . However, no adverse consequences are to be feared for information you provide to the best of your knowledge.