IDCIF

The tasks and responsibilities of the The Independent Department for Combating Irregularities and Fraud -IDCIF are established by Croatia Government Regulation no 29/2009 on internal organization of the Ministry of Finance (OG 43/2005, 114/2005, 14/2006, 138/2006, 127/2007 and 14/2008).

Also the responsibilities of the Department are stipulated by Article 8 of Croatia Government Regulation on the Amendments to the Regulation on Managing CARDS, PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD programmes (OG 18/2007, 32/2008) and by Article 7 of Croatia Government Regulation on the Scope and Content of Responsibilities and the Authorizations of the Bodies Responsible for Management of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA).

The Independent Department for Combating Irregularities and Fraud shall be responsible for

- co-ordination of legislative, administrative, and operating activities between bodies in the AFCOS system with a view to protecting the financial interests of the EU and direct co-operation with OLAF,

- the exchange of information on irregularities and fraud with bodies in the AFCOS system and with OLAF,

- ensuring that OLAF experts can perform immediate controls and investigations in the territory of the Republic of Croatia,

- developing vocational training programmes for employees of the bodies in the AFCOS system in co-operation with OLAF and for providing organisational support in the carrying out of the above,

- instructing the competent bodies in the AFCOS NETWORK with a view to collecting evidence, establishing facts and initiating sanctioning procedures,

- initiating appropriate procedures based on information collected on an electronic mail address created specifically for the purpose of notifying irregularities,

- the exchange of information with other public sector entities in case of suspicion or notification of suspicion of fraud, corruption or any other form of system irregularity and for making appropriate notifications to the competent bodies in the AFCOS NETWORK,

- monitoring investigation procedures in respect of illegal use of EU assistance funds,

- reporting to the National Authorising Officer on the measures taken and the results of procedures initiated for the purpose of sanctioning detected irregularities,

- receiving, checking and consolidating reports on irregularities in the management and use of EU assistance funds and their delivery to the National Authorising Officer,

- monitoring the recovery of illegally disbursed EU assistance funds,
- maintaining a register of irregularities.

In the Independent Department for Combating Irregularities and Fraud, the following organisational units shall be set up:

1. Section for data collection and analysis, and irregularities reporting
2. Section for monitoring notified irregularities procedures and co-ordination with competent bodies

1 Section for data collection and analysis, and irregularities reporting

The Section for data collection and analysis, and irregularities reporting shall be responsible for exchanging information on irregularities and fraud with bodies in the System for irregularities reporting, ensuring implementation of immediate controls and investigations by OLAF experts in the territory of the Republic of Croatia, developing vocational training programmes for the employees of bodies in the AFCOS system in co-operation with OLAF and providing organisational support in the carrying out of such programmes, reporting to the National Authorising Officer on the measures taken and the results of procedures initiated for the purpose of sanctioning detected irregularities, receiving, checking and consolidating reports on irregularities and delivering them to the National Authorising Officer, monitoring recovery of illegally disbursed EU assistance funds, and maintaining a register of irregularities.

 

2. Section for monitoring notified irregularities procedures and co-ordination with competent bodies

The Section for monitoring notified irregularities procedures and co-ordination with competent bodies shall be responsible for co-ordinating legislative, administrative and operating activities between bodies in the AFCOS system and in that context for ensuring direct co-operation with OLAF, instructing the competent bodies in the AFCOS NETWORK with a view to collecting evidence, establishing facts and initiating sanctioning procedures initiating appropriate procedures based on information collected on an electronic mail address created specifically for the purpose of notifying irregularities, exchanging information with other public sector entities in case of suspicion or notification of suspicion of fraud, corruption or any other form of system irregularity and for making appropriate notifications to the competent bodies in the AFCOS NETWORK.

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Contact:

Mirjana Jurić, Head of Department
tel: +385 1 4591 - 385 fax: +385 1 4591 - 248
e-mail link: mirjana.juric@mfin.hr

Ivan Vinšćak, Section for data collection and analysis, and irregularities reporting 
tel: +385 1 4591 - 326 fax: +385 1 4591 - 248
e-mail link: ivan.vinscak@mfin.hr

Kord Kordić, Section for data collection and analysis, and irregularities reporting
tel: +385 1 4591 - 326 fax: +385 1 4591 - 369
e-mail link: kord.kordic@mfin.hr

Jelena Peranić, Section for monitoring notified irregularities procedures and co-ordination with competent bodies
tel: +385 1 4591 - 438 fax: +385 1 4591 - 248
e-mail link: jelena.peranic@mfin.hr