13/07/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 13 July, the Commission announced that it was referring Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU over its failure fully to transpose the so-called 'whistleblowers' implementing directive (2015/2932). This directive requires the member states to set in place effective mechanisms for the reporting of breaches of the regulation (596/2014) on market abuses. It contains provisions aiming to protect individuals who notify these infringements and also sets...