Article 18
United Kingdom
1.
Establishment of an amount receivable is the act by which the authorising officer by delegation or subdelegation:
(a)
verifies that the debt exists;
(b)
determines or verifies the reality and the amount of the debt;
(c)
verifies the conditions in which the debt is due.
2.
The Agency's revenue and any amount receivable that is identified as being certain, of a fixed amount and due, must be established by a recovery order to the accounting officer followed by a debit note to the debtor, both drawn up by the authorising officer responsible.
3.
Amounts wrongly paid shall be recovered.