# Decision (EU) 2020/1575 of the European Central Bank of 27 October 2020 as regards the assessment of and follow-up on information on breaches reported through the whistleblowing tool where a person concerned is a high-level ECB official (ECB/2020/54), Article 3: Procedure for assessment and follow-up

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Reports of information on breaches received through the whistleblowing tool which refer to a high-level ECB official as a person to whom a breach is attributed or with whom that person is associated shall be followed up in accordance with Decision (EU) 2016/456 of the European Central Bank (ECB/2016/3) where such reports fall within the scope of that Decision.
2. Where the reports of information on breaches referred to in paragraph 1 do not fall within the scope of Decision (EU) 2016/456 (ECB/2016/3), they shall be followed up in accordance with Administrative Circular 01/2006 on internal administrative inquiries.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the competent authority designated under Article 2 may:
(a) prior to concluding whether or not the information received justifies an internal inquiry, forward the information received to the ECB’s Ethics Committee for its advice on the matter;
(b) if they conclude that the information received justifies an internal administrative inquiry, decide, in derogation from Article 4(1) to (4) of Administrative Circular 01/2006, to directly open an administrative inquiry, and take the relevant decision in accordance with Article 4(5) and (6) of Administrative Circular 01/2006, including the possibility that the competent authority designated under Article 2 exceptionally decides to carry out the administrative inquiry themself, designating in this case either an individual or a panel, with adequate seniority, to conduct the inquiry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1575/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1575/article-3
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