# Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Commission may carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections pursuant to this Regulation:
for the detection of serious or transnational irregularities or irregularities that may involve economic operators acting in several Member States, or
where, for the detection of irregularities, the situation in a Member State requires on-the-spot checks and inspections to be strengthened in a particular case in order to improve the effectiveness of the protection of financial interests and so to ensure an equivalent level of protection within the Community, or
at the request of the Member State concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/2185/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-2185/article-2
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