Article 3

Any functional body of the Member State or national public body designated by a Member State under Article 13, paragraph 1 of Decision 2004/904/EC (hereafter ‘Responsible Authority’) shall keep an account of amounts recoverable from payments of Community assistance that have already been made and shall ensure that the amounts are recovered without delay. After recovery, the Responsible Authority shall reduce its next declaration of expenditure to the Commission by an amount equal to the sums recovered, or, if this amount is insufficient, it shall reimburse the Community. The amounts to be recovered shall accrue interest from their due date at the rate laid down in accordance with Article 86 of the Implementing Rules of the Financial Regulation.

When submitting the report referred to in Article 28(2) of Decision 2004/904/EC, Member States shall send the Commission a list of irregularities detected, indicating the amounts recovered or awaiting recovery and if appropriate, any administrative or judicial proceedings launched with a view to recovering amounts unduly paid.