Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/203 of 18 December 2023 setting out the format to be used for the reporting of irregularities concerning the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) under Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council

This Regulation sets out the format to be used by Member States for the reporting of irregularities pursuant to Article 23(1), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.

1 The information referred to in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/204 shall be sent to the Commission by electronic means, using the dedicated Irregularity Management System (IMS).

2 Member States shall send to the Commission the initial report on irregularities referred to in Article 3(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/204 without delay after the irregularities are discovered.

3 Member States shall send to the Commission the follow-up reports pursuant to Article 3(5) and (6) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/204 without delay after obtaining the relevant information.

1 The amounts reported by Member States shall be denominated in euro.

2 Member States that have not adopted the euro as their currency by the date when the report pursuant to Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/204 is submitted shall convert amounts in national currency into euro by using the monthly accounting exchange rate of the Commission in the month during which the expenditure is registered in the accounting systems of the competent authority. Where the expenditure has not been registered in the accounts of the competent authority, the most recent monthly accounting exchange rate published electronically by the Commission at the moment of initial reporting shall be used for converting amounts in national currency into euro.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.