2.2 Compliance with the law

The Company undertakes before state institutions and its suppliers and customers to comply with the laws in force that govern its activity, including the area of developing new products, the distribution, marketing and promotion of its products or through contracts with public or private institutions.

No handbook can list the full legislative framework within which the company operates, but at a macro level, each employee must follow and comply with the following rules:

• Maintaining high ethical standards, defined by:
  
  1. Compliance with the laws and regulations in all activities carried out;
  
  2. An exemplary conduct in contractual relations with the company’s partners (in the sense of complying with principles and high moral conduct);
  
  
• Ensuring the confidentiality of customer and patient and/or consumer portfolio data;
  
  
• Compliance with the laws and regulations relating to obtaining the wholesale distribution and marketing permits of drugs from the competent authorities;
  
  
• Compliance with the laws regarding the manufacture, packaging, distribution, export, quality and safety of the products as well as on the promotion/communication of the company’s products.

Should there be any questions about the laws, regulations, policies or industry standards applicable to the employee’s activity, these may contact the company’s management, direct superior and/or the Human Resources Department. In addition, any of the company’s employee in charge of negotiating contractual terms shall request the final approval of the company’s legal advisers before the contract is introduced into the signature circuit.

The authorities, suppliers, customers or end-users of the company’s products may also ask questions or request clarifications by contacting the company’s representatives at office (at) prisum.ro.

The Company shall not engage in contractual or partnership relationships with third parties suspected of unlawful actions or who have been convicted for any unlawful act.

Also, any employee on whom a criminal action is initiated regarding the activity carried out within or for the company, is obliged to inform the company (through the Human Resources Department and the direct superior) of this.

In any other situation where an employee suffers a criminal conviction that may have consequences for the activity carried out within or for the company, he is obliged to inform the company (through the Department of Human Resources and the direct superior) of this, immediately, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any information on such matters will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.