Integrity Authority
The Hungarian Integrity Authority is an autonomous public administration body. The Authority shall take action in all cases where the Authority considers that an organisation, including a contracting party, vested with functions and powers regarding the use, or the control of the use, of European Union funds has not taken the necessary steps to prevent, detect and correct fraud, conflicts of interest, corruption and other illegalities or irregularities that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the European Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the European Union. The Authority shall have powers, in particular, as regards any planned, ongoing or past measures and projects receiving, in part or in whole, financial support from the European Union.
In particular, the Authority shall be competent for planned, ongoing or previous actions or projects receiving full or partial financial assistance from the European Union.
We believe that a peaceful and uplifting future can only be built on honour and mutual trust
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OLAF Director-General and President of Integrity Authority of Hungary discussed cooperation across EU borders
Ville Itälä, Director-General of OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office), and Ferenc Pál Biró, President of the Integrity Authority of Hungary, met today to discuss strengthening cooperation to combat fraud and corruption across EU borders.The two leaders emphasized the importance of pooling resources and expertise to address complex cross-border fraud schemes that jeopardize EU taxpayer money. Both…
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Statement from Ferenc Pál Biró, President of the Integrity Authority, on the amendment concerning university trust funds
Following an amendment adopted yesterday, the Integrity Authority is required to review the asset declarations submitted by the members of the board of trustees of university trust funds. The Authority welcomes this assignment and will do everything to comply with its legal obligation, which, according to the president of the institution, requires expanding access to…
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Rome Declaration: fostering the culture of integrity and preventing corruption in Europe
Rome, 11 October 2024 – At their annual conference held in the Italian capital, members of the European Network for Public Ethics (ENPE) unanimously adopted the Rome Declaration on new perspectives fostering the culture of integrity and in corruption prevention in Europe. The signatories to the declaration express their concerns that corruption poses a serious…
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Unprofessionalism, bias, inequality: the Integrity Authority has filed a complaint
Following the Public Procurement Arbitration Board’s (PPAB) decision to void the Integrity Authority’s communications procurement procedure, the Authority is seeking judicial review against the Board’s decision citing breaches of public procurement rules, biased administrative procedure, arbitrary disregard of procedural statutory time limits, disregard of the requirement of equality before the law and unprofessional findings. The…
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The use of EU funds in the public interest is a shared concern.
For this reason, we welcome any information that can help us to detect fraud, conflict of interest, corruption or other wrongdoing or irregularities in EU funding.
The Integrity Authority can currently investigate cases upon report or complaint. The Authority acts upon each report or complaint.
On our whistleblowing platform providing anonimity you may report any information on the use or control of EU funds:
• about fraud
• conflict of interest
• corruption
• other wrongdoing or malpractice.
You may report a fraud or make complaint ine-mail:
Click here to report a fraud anonimously (optional) on our whistleblowing platform.