Welcome to the internal alert system (the "IAS") of Interparking.
Interparking is committed to conducting its business in a fair, honest and transparent manner and to meeting its legal and regulatory obligations.
This commitment is subscribed by all the companies that form Interparking. Interparking refers to Interparking SA whose registered office is located at 1000 Brussels, Brederode street 9, and registered with the Belgian Registry of Companies under company number 0403.459.919, and any other legal entities or branches.
Despite the efforts made to respect this commitment, certain reprehensible behaviours or situations cannot be totally excluded.
A culture of openness and accountability is essential to prevent such situations from occurring and to deal with them when they do occur.
The IAS allows you to report certain misconduct by Interparking companies, their employees or directors, which may constitute a violation of laws identified by applicable regulations, in areas such as:
The IAS also allows you to report certain misconduct that may constitute a violation by the companies that form Interparking, their employees or managers, of the Principles of Good Conduct approved by Interparking. However, for such reports, the specific protection referred to in article 7 of our whistleblowing policy shall not apply.
The reporting of reprehensible facts or behaviours can be made in complete confidence through the IAS, either anonymously or by revealing your identity. However, we recommend that you reveal your identity, which will facilitate our exchanges and allow you to benefit from legal protection against any retaliatory measures following the launch of your alert under the conditions set by the applicable legislation.
You can make a report in writing (by attaching documents or photos to support your alert) or verbally by leaving a message. If you wish to leave a message and not be recognised, you will have the option of changing your voice.
You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt within 7 days of the alert via a secure area on the platform, protected by a unique access code. Within 3 months of this acknowledgement, you will be informed of the follow-up given to your alert.
Only the Group Compliance Officer of Interparking and the other members of the Compliance Committee will be informed of your alert. However, it is possible that the investigation carried out following your alert may require us to involve other people, but we will take care to preserve your identity/anonymity.
In order to ensure the compliance and the proper functioning of the IAS within Interparking, we have appointed our law firm, Fieldfisher (Belgium) LLP, to be your first point of contact. Fieldfisher (Belgium) LLP is not your lawyer and will act solely in the interests of Interparking in accordance with the ethical rules applicable to its members. It is Fieldfisher (Belgium) LLP's responsibility to notify the Group Compliance Officer of Interparking of your alert (unless he/she is personally involved, in which case the alert will be forwarded to another person).
If you do not wish to raise an alert through the IAS, or if you have any difficulty using it, we recommend that you contact directly the Group Compliance Officer of Interparking by email or by telephone or, if appropriate, your line manager.
We recommend that you read carefully our full and detailed whistleblowing policy.
You will read that as a whistleblower you are protected, under the conditions set by the applicable legislation, against all forms of retaliation, whether or not the investigation into your alert reveals a violation and/or infringement, provided that you act in good faith.
We thank you for helping to ensure the integrity of Interparking by reporting to us through the IAS any reprehensible facts or behaviours of which you are aware.
Elisabeth Roberti
Group Compliance Officer of Interparking