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
Latest blog posts
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Criminal complaint filed in Careful Watch Programme case
The Integrity Authority prepared an interim report on its investigation into certain procurement procedures under the Careful Watch Programme. Based on the circumstances identified in the report, the Authority filed a criminal complaint against unknown person on suspicion of several criminal offences and is initiating irregularity proceedings with the Managing Authority, while also requesting the…
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Motions for revision by the Integrity Authority to safeguard public funds
The motion for revision has constituted a key new legal instrument in Hungary’s criminal procedure system since 2023, providing judicial control over decisions rejecting criminal complaints or terminating proceedings in cases involving serious criminal offences affecting public assets or EU funds. Dr. Dóra Farkas’ article, published in issue No. 2026/2 of Közbeszerzési Jog Online (Public…
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Substantial expansion of the Integrity Authority’s functions and powers
The legislative amendment package submitted to Parliament on Tuesday aims to facilitate the fulfilment of the super milestones set out in the agreement between the Government and the European Commission. As part of this process, the legislation linked to the super milestones will be clarified. (For example, the establishment of the Integrity Authority was one…
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Contribution of the Integrity Authority to the quarterly reports to the European Commission on implementing the commitments under the conditionality procedure
The Integrity Authority of Hungary has collected all its written inputs which it contributed to the regular information letters sent to the European Commission in the conditionality proceedings: March 2023 June 2023 September 2023 December 2023 March 2024 June 2024 September 2024 December 2024 March 2025 June 2025 September 2025 December 2025 March 2026
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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 in e-mail:
Click here to report a fraud anonimously (optional) on our whistleblowing platform.