Closing of investigation No. IH_III_2_2022 – Procurement of Microsoft products

The scope of the official investigation covered five projects partially realised from European Union funds that had already been investigated by OLAF as well. The beneficiaries of the projects concerning the procurement of Microsoft products were NISZ Zrt., the National Taxation and Customs Administration, the Ministry of Interior, the National Police Headquarters, and the Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services. The Government of Hungary objected to one of the three OLAF reports on the case. Therefore, the case has not yet been closed, nor has the prosecution investigation started in 2019.

In the course of its investigation procedure, the Authority found that the expenses of the financial correction determined by OLAF had been included in the national budget.

The Authority therefore called on the managing authorities to provide information on the accounting process, the closure of the correction period, and the steps it has taken and is taking to reduce the damage to the national budget regularly.