Definitions
Article 2
The definitions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/691 shall apply. In addition, for the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘suspected fraud’ means an irregularity that gives rise to the initiation of administrative or judicial proceedings at national level in order to establish the presence of intentional behaviour, in particular fraud or other criminal offences, as referred to, respectively, in Article 3(2), points (a) and (b), and Article 4(1), (2) and (3), of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 and, for the Member States not bound by that Directive, Article 1(1), point (a), of the Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests; (b) ‘primary administrative or judicial finding’ means a first written assessment by a competent authority, either administrative or judicial, which has concluded on the basis of specific facts that an irregularity may have been committed, regardless of the possibility that this conclusion may subsequently have to be revised or withdrawn as a result of developments in the course of the administrative or judicial procedure.