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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-568/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/568",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/568 of 29 January 2016 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the conditions and procedures to determine whether amounts which are irrecoverable shall be reimbursed by Member States concerning the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-568",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Submission of information on irrecoverable amounts",
  "text": "1. Where a Member State considers that an amount unduly paid to a beneficiary, previously included in certified accounts submitted to the Commission, is irrecoverable, and where it has concluded that this amount should not be reimbursed to the Union budget, the certifying authority shall submit a request to the Commission to confirm that conclusion.\n2. The certifying authority shall submit a request referred to in paragraph 1, at the level of each operation, in the form set out in the Annex to this Regulation by way of the electronic data exchange system laid down in Article 74(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.\n3. The Member State shall submit a request established in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 each year from 2017 until and including 2025 by 15 February with regard to the previous accounting year. The Commission may exceptionally extend the deadline to 1 March, upon request by the Member State concerned.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/568/article/1",
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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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