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distinguish the responsibilities of those involved in the compliance programme
1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards
This video focuses on how to distinguish the responsibilities of those involved in the compliance programme. Follow the sequence of decisions in the example rather than simply memorising a list. Notice who is involved, what information is needed and the expected result. These points help turn the content into a practice that another person can verify. An integrity programme connects risks, behaviour, controls and reporting channels. The obligation to protect whistleblowers must be assessed under national law. The prevention measures used in the examples are good practice unless identified as a specific legal obligation applicable to the organisation.
Management provides resources and operating conditions, operational teams implement controls, and the statutory competent person receives and assesses reports impartially under sections 10–12. These are different roles. Under section 21(3), internal reports, related documents and the register are accessible only to the competent person. Seniority, a general need to know or an HR role does not by itself grant access.
Apply the following rule: Section 8 generally covers employers with at least 50 employees on 1 January, designated public contracting authorities and listed regulated entities. Municipalities below 10,000 residents and specified public bodies have separate exceptions. Act No 32/2025, article XIX, added to section 8(1)(e)(8) certain persons offering or seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced or e-money tokens, and issuers of asset-referenced tokens under MiCA. Assess the listed activity rather than assuming that every firm below 50 employees is exempt.
2. Practical Implementation & Procedure
For each activity, identify who performs, decides and checks it. Define cover for absence and conflicts. Distinguish management information needed to adopt corrective measures from access to the protected case file. Document the competent person’s instruction under section 9, keep the technical administration separate and test permissions. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.
3. Case Study & Compliance Action
A director requests access to every report to monitor the programme. One report concerns the director's own department and possible personal involvement. Management oversight can be supported by aggregated information and an independent body, avoiding unrestricted access to the case file. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.
The exercise is as follows: Is membership of the management team sufficient to justify full access to every report? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.
No. Assess the person's role in handling the case, their need to know and any potential conflicts. Management's oversight duty does not remove the confidentiality or independence required in case management.
One mistake to avoid is: assigning all controls to the compliance officer and removing responsibility from operational teams.
Now apply the national rule to a second decision. A subsidiary copies its foreign head office's policy without assessing its own activities and size. What must it check?
Identify the local legal entity, sector, national counting method and any public-sector or territorial regimes. Then link each obligation to a source and a responsible person. A group model can support operations but does not replace this assessment.