Purpose of the information for irregularity
Realization of effective counteraction, prevention and contest against frauds, misuse,
ineffective management or utilization of funds and assets belonging to the EU or granted to the
Bulgarian state from EU funds and in accordance with EU development programs, including such
existing practices and activities for implementation of projects financed by Operational Program on
Transport 2007 – 2013.
Definition for fraud and misuse in accordance with EU legislation:
Misuse is every violation of decree from European legislation resulting from
action or inaction of economic subjects which have, or would like to have as a consequence damages
to the common EU budget by accounting inappropriate expenditures in this budget.
Suspicion for fraud is misuse, which is giving reason for formation of
administrative or legal procedure at national level, with a purpose to define existence of
determinately aforethought, especially fraud, as it is pointed out in Article , paragraph 1, A of
the Convention for protection of financial interests of EU, based on the authority of Article K.3
from the Treaty for Functioning of European Union.
Fraud in a sense of Article 1 of Convention from 1955, based on the authority of
Article K.3 from the Treaty for Functioning of European Union, for protection of the financial
interests of EU.
“Frauds concerning financial interests of EU are:
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Regarding expenditures, every intentional action or inaction related with:
- using or presenting forged, sinful or incomplete statements or documents, which leads to
abuse or illegal withdraw of resources from the common budget of EU or from budgets managed on
behalf of EU,
- concealing of information in a violation of concrete engagement, with the same effect,
- utilization of such grants for purposes different from this for which they have been
granted in the beginning.
. Regarding incomes, every intentional action or inaction related with:
- using or presenting forged, sinful or incomplete statements or documents, which leads to
illegal reduction of the resources from the common budget of EU or from budgets managed from or on
behalf of EU,
- concealing of information in a violation of concrete engagement, with the same effect,
- misuse of legally received benefit, with the same effect
Every individual has a right to submit signals for misuse and frauds raised in a connection
with implementation of projects and programs financed by funds from EU. The information for misuse
and frauds, which is base for formation of procedure for misuse reporting, might be:
1. Signal from outside NRIC – from external control bodies, from the press, from individuals.
2. Signal within NRIC framework – from internal control bodies, from the unit for internal
control, from employee as a result of implementation of the controls stipulated within control
environment and other.
The signals might be verbal or in written form and might be submitted in anonymity.
NRIC employee, who are involved in financial management and control of programs financed by
the EU funds, are obliged to submit signals for misuse and frauds, or suspicion for misuse and
frauds, to the official responsible for fraud prevention and control in the Steering Committee of
the Operational Program on Transport.
In the presence of connection, or suspicion for connection of some individual, whom signals
for misuse or frauds should be submitted, with the case of misuse, the information should be
submitted directly to one or several of the following bodies:
1. to the responsible deputy minster or head of the department;
2. to the head of Certified Body at the Ministry of Finance for programs co-financed by the
Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund of EU.
3. to the chairman of the council and to the directorate “Coordination of the counteraction
against offenses concerning financial interests of EU” in the administration of the Council of
Ministers.
4. to the European Office for Counteraction Against Frauds - European Commission at Brussels.
Phone numbers for signals: 932 32 07; 932 31 93.
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