Compliance

Our Mission:

Balkancar ZARYA is a trusted partner in the production and supply of high-quality steel disc wheels, reliably and successfully used for original equipment in our customers' end products in the vehicle manufacturing industry. As a leading manufacturer focused on growth through technical modernization and achieving profitability that ensures returns for shareholders and security for employees, we develop an ethical business centered on customer needs and the protection and care of the environment.

Our Vision:

• To continue the development, manufacturing, and supply of wheels as the main, preferred, and trusted partner of the forklift manufacturing industry.
• To build long-term and stable relationships with our partners.
• To foster a company culture based on values such as openness, trust, cooperation, and respect.

Code of Ethics and Conduct

Our Code of Ethics and Conduct includes guidelines for the professional and personal conduct that the Board of Directors of Balkancar Zarya AD considers necessary to create value for our shareholders, investors, employees, and other stakeholders.

This Code is the basis and foundation of Balkancar Zarya’s understanding of responsible Corporate Governance, that includes sound business practices within a clearly defined framework of ethical core values, lawful conduct, and internal policies. By establishing and maintaining a Compliance Program and the further development into a Compliance Management System (“CMS”), we consequently fill this understanding with life.

We provide convenient access to this Code of Ethics and Conduct in order to ensure that not only our employees, executives, and directors, but also our clients, suppliers, partners, and all other stakeholders understand and share the values, commitments, and standards that guide our actions.

For Suppliers

Our Balkancar ZARYA Code of Conduct for Suppliers outlines the requirements and covers key aspects of ethical and sustainable business including environmental protection, human rights, working conditions, anti-corruption, data protection and supply chain compliance that must be upheld throughout our supply chain, allowing fulfillment of the responsibilities and expectations of our customers and stakeholders. Ensuring compliance with these standards is essential for maintaining consistency and integrity across all business relationships. Acceptance of our Code of Conduct for Suppliers is a binding foundation for both existing and future partnerships, ensuring long-term trust and collaboration.

INFORMATION ON THE PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS FOR INTERNAL REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS AT BALKANCAR ZARYA AD

Balkancar ZARYA AD has introduced rules for internal submission of reports and for taking follow-up actions under the Act on Protection of Persons, Reporting Information, or Publicly Disclosing Information about Breaches (The Act) (cpdp.bg). The Act specifies the persons who can report breaches and their protection, what violations the reports may refer to, the channels for internal and external reporting, and the procedures for their registration and consideration.

The central authority for external submission of reports and for protection of the persons to whom such protection is provided within the meaning of Act, is The Commission for Personal Data Protection, which also issues methodological guidelines for its implementation –   Protection of Persons submitting reports under the Act (cpdp.bg).

In Balkancar Zarya AD, Ms. Galina Hristova - Data Protection Officer has been appointed as the person in charge of processing of reports.

The report is submitted to the employee in charge of processing of reports in one of the following ways:

1. in writing, by sending the report to the specified e-mail address –[email protected]
2. in writing, by sending the signal to the specified address – Balkancar Zarya AD , 1 Tosho Katev Str., 5200 Pavlikeni, Bulgaria;
3. orally – by telephone +359 062 500 125 on working days between 09:30 – 16:00 o’clock;
4. orally – through a personal meeting at the request of the reporting person, within an appropriate time period agreed with the officer.

The written report must be submitted by the sender by filling in the following model form approved by the Commission for Personal Data Protection in its capacity as a national authority for external reporting under the Act – Form for registering a report under Whistleblowers Protection Act.

In the completed form must be placed a signature, electronic signature or other identification of the sender of the report.

The oral report must be documented by the employee in charge of processing of reports by filling in the form and asking the whistleblower to sign it if they wish.

Any kind of sources of information supporting the statements made in it and/or reference to documents can be attached to the report, including the indication of data on persons who could confirm the data communicated or provide additional information.

If the report does not meet the above requirements, a notification shall be sent to the reporting person to eliminate the existing irregularities within 7 days of receiving the report. If the irregularities are not corrected within this period, the report, together with its attachments, shall be returned to the reporting person.

Each report shall be verified for its reliability. Reports that do not fall within the scope of the Act and the content of which does not give grounds to be considered plausible are not considered. Reports that contain manifestly false or misleading statements about facts shall be returned with an instruction to the sender to correct the statements and the responsibility he bears for false accusation.

No proceedings are initiated on anonymous reports and on reports related to breaches committed more than two years before the report.