Copyright: Róka László MTI The mission of the Integrity Authority shall be to intervene in all cases where, in its views, competent national authorities have not taken the necessary steps to prevent, detect and correct fraud, conflict of interests, corruption and other illegalities or irregularities that have affected or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union. The Integrity Authority shall be fully independent. The Integrity Authority will have, among others, the power to instruct authorities to suspend procurement procedures, to request administrative investigative bodies to carry out investigations on its behalf, to recommend the exclusion of specific economic operators from Union funding for a certain period of time; to instruct relevant national authorities or bodies to carry out their supervisory or control functions; to recommend contracting authorities to use a specific procurement procedure. Parliament decided on the establishment of the Integrity Authority on 4 October 2022. The President and Vice-Presidents of the Authority were appointed by the President of Hungary on 4 November 2022 for six years. The Integrity Authority started being operational on 18 November 2022. By mid-March 2023 the Integrity Authority is expected to carry out an Integrity Risk Assessment Exercise to evaluate the state of play of the Hungarian public procurement system. The Integrity Authority will prepare its first annual Integrity Report for the year 2022 by Q2 2023, and subsequently every year thereafter. These reports will be made public. The government shall provide written explanation on how it will address each of the findings in those reports within three months from their publication. More information https://eutaf.kormany.hu/integritas-hatosag https://hir.ma/belfold/megjelent-az-integritas-hatosag-tavalyi-evrol-sz… https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrit%C3%A1s_Hat%C3%B3s%C3%A1g Copyright: MTI ReferenceC9.R1Project locations Hungary Project websitehttps://eutaf.kormany.hu/...
