You have certainly noticed that there are a plethora of current events related to international economic sanctions. To debate this topic that is very pressing for many French (and European) companies, Le Cercle de la Compliance regularly organizes new workshops. This time, it will involve examining the practical aspects of complying with international sanctions, including American sanctions, through a case study presented by Jeff Cottle from the firm Norton Rose Fullbright.

The work of these workshops has progressively extended to the issue of managing internal alerts, which naturally accompanies alerts. The Sapin Act, as the act on the duty to vigilance, requires implementing alert systems allowing persons who wish to report potential or actual breaches of regulations or internal policies, to do so confidentially and in a secure manner. The Alert Line workshop’s purpose is to debate the legal means for implementing an alert system, its operation, measures for protecting whistleblowers and previous steps, both socially and for the data protection plan.

While the first audits of the French Anti-Corruption Agency began several months ago, Le Cercle de la Compliance is inaugurating a new workshop called “Audits”. Led by Cédric Putigny-Ravet, a lawyer with the firm Chaintrier, Le Cercle’s partner, this workshop will be a chance to debate the legal and practical constraints of investigations, including determining: how to prepare for authorities’ audits and investigations, duties and rights: of affected companies, employees, governmental authorities’ agents, how to foresee and manage this type of event internally.

Directed by Arnaud Floquet de Protiviti

The Third Party workshop that concentrated on the implementation of the Sapin II Act in 2017, has resumed its work to debate these issues comprehensively so that compliance can best coordinate its procedures with the actions of other affected departments (CSR, quality, purchasing, sourcing, IT, etc.).