Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1166/2008 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   in Article 13, the following paragraph is added:

   ‘4a.

   For the farm structure survey in 2016, the maximum amount for Croatia shall be EUR 500 000.’;

2. (2)

   Article 14 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

      ‘2.

      The financial envelope for the implementation of the farm structure surveys in 2016, including the appropriations necessary for the management, maintenance and development of the database systems used within the Commission to process the data supplied by Member States under this Regulation, shall be EUR 20 650 000 for the period 2014-2018.’;

   2. (b)

      the following paragraph is added:

      ‘4.

      The Commission shall implement Union financial support in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1.’;

3. (3)

   the following Article is inserted:

   ‘Protection of the financial interests of the Union

   Article 14a

   1.

   The Commission shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, where activities financed under this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the Union are protected through the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, through effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, through the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, through the imposition of effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties.

   2.

   The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, over all grant beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors who have received Union funds under the programme.

   The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly or indirectly by such funding in accordance with the procedures laid down in Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96^f2 with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with a grant agreement or grant decision or a contract concerning Union funding.

   Without prejudice to the first and second subparagraphs, cooperation agreements with third countries and international organisations, and grant agreements, grant decisions and contracts resulting from the implementation of this Regulation shall expressly empower the Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections.’