Definitions
Article 54
For the purposes of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘economic operator’: any natural or legal person or other entity taking part in the implementation of assistance from the EFF, with the exception of a Member States exercising its prerogatives as a public authority; (b) ‘primary administrative or judicial finding’: a first written assessment by a competent authority, either administrative or judicial, concluding on the basis of specific facts that an irregularity has been committed, without prejudice to the possibility that this conclusion may subsequently have to be revised or withdrawn as a result of developments in the course of the administrative or judicial procedure; (c) ‘suspected fraud’: an irregularity giving rise to the initiation of administrative or judicial proceedings at national level in order to establish the presence of intentional behaviour, in particular fraud, as defined in Article 1(1)(a) of the Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty of the European Union, on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests ( 23 ) ; (d) ‘bankruptcy’: insolvency proceedings as defined in Article 2 (a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 ( 24 ) .