Article 3, Paragraph 3. · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/204

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3.In the initial report of the irregularities, Member States shall provide the following information:

(a)the identifiers of the EGF case (common identification code (CCI) number and case title), the measure and the operation concerned;

(b)the identity of the natural or legal persons concerned, or both, or of any other entity having a role in the commission of the irregularity and their role, unless that information is irrelevant for the purposes of combating irregularities, given the nature of the irregularity concerned;

(c)the national ID number of the persons concerned;

(d)the VAT number of the persons concerned;

(e)the region or area where the operation has been carried out, identified using appropriate information such as the NUTS (nomenclature of territorial units for statistics) level;

(f)the provision or provisions, at Union and national level, which have been infringed;

(g)the date and source of the first information leading to the suspicion that an irregularity has been committed;

(h)the practices (modi operandi) employed in committing the irregularity;

(i)where appropriate, whether the practice gives rise to suspected fraud;

(j)the manner in which the irregularity was discovered;

(k)the OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office) case number, where applicable;

(l)where appropriate, the Member States involved;

(m)the period during which, or the date on which, the irregularity was committed;

(n)the date on which the primary administrative or judicial finding on the irregularity was established;

(o)the total amount of expenditure, expressed in terms of the Union’s contribution and the national co-financing, including private contributions, if any;

(p)the amount affected by the irregularity expressed in terms of the Union’s contribution and the national co-financing, including private contributions, if any;

(q)in cases of suspected fraud, and where no payment of the public contribution has been made to the economic operator involved in the implementation of the EGF, the amount which would have been unduly paid had the irregularity not been identified, expressed in terms of the Union’s contribution and the national co-financing, including private contributions, if any;

(r)the nature of the irregular expenditure.