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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718/article-51",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/718",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718",
  "path": "article/51",
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  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Criteria for financial corrections",
  "text": "1. The Commission may make financial corrections, by cancelling all or part of the Community contribution to a programme, in the situations referred to in Article 49(2).\n2. Where individual cases of irregularity are identified, the Commission shall take into account the systemic nature of the irregularity to determine whether a flat-rate or extrapolated financial correction should be applied.\n3. The Commission shall, when deciding the amount of a correction, take into account the nature and gravity of the irregularity and/or the extent and financial implications of the weaknesses or the deficiencies found in the management and control system in the programme concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/718/article/51",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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