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52
In application of the Compliance Program, the Code of Conduct,
and the Sarbanes Oxley Act, the Procedure for Whistleblowings
Management was adopted in order to regulate the management
of reports and claims filed by individuals inside and outside
the Company regarding presumed violations of the code of
conduct, financial and/or accounting fraud against the company,
oppressive behavior towards employees or third parties.
The procedure defines the duties and responsibilities of the
different company bodies, regulates the activities of reception
of whistleblowings, of their assessment and review, and of
determination and communication of any disciplinary measures.
The procedure reaffirms the Group’s commitment to
safeguarding the whistleblower, anonymous or in good faith,
against any form of reprisal.
The Procedure for the assignment of services to External
Auditors was also adopted in order to regulate the
commissioning by Fiat S.p.A. and its subsidiaries of external
auditors for the Group and the companies and professional
offices that belong to the same network of those auditors in
order to ensure the mandatory independence of those auditors.
It identifies work commissioned for audit services, audit-related
services, and non-audit services, defining the powers and limits
of the assignment of services, the procedures for approval, and
the obligations for reporting final figures.
Documents and information regarding the Company are
disseminated in compliance with the “Disclosures and Controls
Procedures” adopted in conformity with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
Periodic and extraordinary financial information and price
sensitive information is disseminated on the basis of these
Disclosures and Controls Procedures.
BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS
The Board of Statutory Auditors is comprised of three
Statutory Auditors and three Alternates, all of whom, as
required by Article 19 of the Articles of Association, must be
entered in the Auditors’ Register and have at least three
years’ experience as chartered accountants. Furthermore,
they may not hold the position of statutory auditor in