Preamble
In connection with the wording of Act No. 171/2023 Coll, on the protection of whistleblowers (the “Whistleblower Protection Act”), which establishes rules for the submission, receipt and handling of notifications of possible violations within the Company through the Company’s internal whistleblowing system and external whistleblowing systems, further regulates the rights and obligations of whistleblowers of possible violations and discloses information on how the Company’s employees and other authorized persons listed below may see. Article II. (“Whistleblower”) to report a possible violation that has occurred or is about to occur at the Company, or at a third party with whom the Whistleblower has been or is in contact in connection with the performance of work or other similar activities for the Company, through the Company’s internal reporting system and through the external reporting system operated by the Department of Justice and the Financial Analyst’s Office.
PETRISK a.s., ID No.: 267 062 45, with registered office at Michelská 1552/58, Michle, 141 00 Praha 4
(hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) has established a special e-mail address: whistleblowing@petrisk.cz, to which messages can be sent electronically in the cases in question. The whistleblower may also submit his/her notification via the Company’s internal notification system in writing or orally to the so-called competent person:
Naděžda Zacpalová (hereinafter referred to as the “Competent Person”). For telephone contact, the following telephone number may be used:
+420 721 093 339. For written contact, the Company’s address is: PETRISK a.s., Michelská 1552/58, Michle, 141 00 Prague 4, Brumlovka – budova G. At the request of the Notifier, the Competent Person will accept the notification in person within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 14 days from the date of the Notifier’s request.
I. What infringements can be notified
According to the ZOO, it is possible to notify the Company or the competent state authority of a violation that:
(a) has the elements of a criminal offence;
b) has the characteristics of an offence for which the law sets a fine of at least CZK 100 000,
c) violates the ZOO;
(d) infringes any other law or regulation of the European Union in the field of:
- financial services, due diligence and other assurance services, financial products and financial markets
- corporate income tax,
- prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing,
- consumer protection,
- compliance with product requirements, including product safety,
- transport, traffic and road safety,
- environmental protection,
- food and feed safety and animal health,
- radiation protection and nuclear safety,
- competition, public auctions and public procurement,
- protection of internal order and security, life and health,
- protection of personal data, privacy and security of electronic communications networks and information systems,
- the protection of the financial interests of the European Union, or
- the functioning of the internal market, including the protection of competition and state aid under European Union law.
II. Who is entitled to submit a notification (notifier)
According to the ZOO, he can file a notification:
a) Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Supervisory Board,
b) a shareholder of the Company,
c) an employee of the Company performing work on the basis of an employment contract, a work performance agreement or a work activity agreement,
d) the Company’s tied agent (if a natural person),
e) an officer (employee, member of the statutory body) of the Company’s tied agent,
(f) a third party to whom certain activities of the Company have been delegated (if an individual), or an employee or other representative of a third party to whom certain activities of the Company have been delegated, or a third party or an employee of a third party who provides supplies, services, construction work or other similar performance to the Company under contract (a supplier),
(g) the person is undertaking volunteer work, work experience or an internship with the Society,
(h) an applicant or prospective applicant for an activity referred to in points (a) to (g) 1. [1]
III. How to notify the company
The whistleblower may submit the notification through the Company’s internal notification system in writing or orally to the so-called competent person: Nadezhda Zacpalova (“Competent Person“).
Notification can be made in the following ways:
By phone at +420 721 093 339
By email to: whistleblowing@petrisk.cz
In paper form or in person at the Company’s registered office at Michelská 1552/58, Michle, 141 00 Prague 4.
At the request of the Notifier, the Competent Person shall receive the notification in person within a reasonable period of time, but no later than 14 days from the date of the Notifier’s request.
IV. External notification system
Ministry of Justice
Notification of a possible violation under the ZOO may also be made through the external notification system operated by the Ministry of Justice, which is accessible on the website https://oznamovatel.justice.cz/chci-podat-oznameni/.
Financial Analysis Office ( FAO)
In the event of an illegal act consisting in a violation of Act No. 253/2008 Coll., on Certain Measures against the Legalization of the Proceeds from Crime and the Financing of Terrorism, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “ZAML”), the notification is submitted through the external notification system maintained by the FAU. Contact details for submitting a notification are available on the FAO’s website https://fau.gov.cz/kontakty.
Notifications of violations of the ZAML cannot be submitted through the notification system to the Ministry of Justice and are received exclusively by the FAU.
Prague, 17. 03. 2023
[1] The Company does not exclude the acceptance of notifications from a person who does not perform work or other similar activities for the Company pursuant to
section 2 (3) (a), (b), (h) or (i) of the ZOO.
