Communication of information on fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting European funds (external complaints channel)

• It may communicate information of a work or similar and non-work context, identifying itself or anonymously, providing the information to SNCA in the most precise and detailed manner and providing the documentation at its disposal, where the information relates to Article 2.2 of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons reporting infringements of Union law, without prejudice to the powers of other supervisory, control, inspection or investigation bodies, Second Transitional Provision of Law 2/2023 and Directive 19) (1937).

• Complainants shall be subject to the protection of the Independent Authority for the Protection of the Informant, A.A.I. under Article 2.1(a) (2) of Law 2/2023.

• The fundamental aspects of the INFOFRAUD channel are contained in Communication 1/2017, of 6 April, of the National Anti-Fraud Coordination Service and in the Annex to Communication 1/2017.

• If you wish to raise any questions about the form and requirements for the transmission of information and its processing, you can do so via the following e-mail address: consultasantifraud@igae.hacienda.gob.es

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• SNCA will analyse the information received in order to determine the treatment to be given to it, carrying out the verifications and actions it deems necessary.

• However, the information received will not be followed up when it is manifestly unfounded or when the scarcity of the information submitted, the excessively generic and inconcrete description of the facts or the lack of evidence provided do not allow SNCA to carry out a reasonable verification of the information received and a minimum determination of the treatment to be given to the facts communicated.

• Except where the person communicating the information expressly requests otherwise, SNCA shall maintain complete confidentiality with respect to his or her identity, so that it shall not be disclosed to any person.

• To this end, in all communications, verification actions or requests for documentation carried out by SNCA, data relating to the identity of the person who submitted the information, as well as any other data that could lead in whole or in part to their identification, will be omitted.

• Likewise, when SNCA has to transfer the proceedings to other bodies in order for them to process the corresponding procedures, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to the documentation sent to those other bodies, except in the case of jurisdictional bodies or the Department of Public Prosecutions and the regulations governing judicial proceedings require otherwise. In the latter case, the identity of the reporting person shall be communicated only to those persons or bodies to which it is essential.

• Finally, and to the extent that the regulations governing the procedure in question so permit, SNCA itself will carry out the necessary procedures before the body to which the proceedings have been referred so that the procedure can be carried out properly, so that, where appropriate, the communication between that body and the person who has sent the information to that Service is carried out through that body, in order to guarantee the confidentiality of the identity of that body.

• The transmission of information through this channel of communication does not give the reporting person the status of interested party in the administrative proceedings that may arise from the information provided, nor does it grant him the right to be informed of its outcome, nor does it give him legitimacy for the filing of appeals or claims in relation to the results of such proceedings.

• The personal data provided through the form will be processed by SNCA for the purpose of investigating irregularities and cases of fraud against the financial interests of the European Union and, where appropriate, for the processing of the legally established procedures in order to demand the responsibilities that may arise in each case. Your data will not be communicated to third parties. You can exercise your rights before the person responsible for the treatment. For further information see additional information on data protection.