Where the declarations of expenditure or the information referred to in Article 102 enable the Commission to establish that expenditure has been effected by bodies which are not accredited paying agencies, that payment periods or financial ceilings set by Union law have not been respected or that expenditure has otherwise not been effected in accordance with Union rules, the Commission may reduce or suspend the monthly or interim payments to the Member State concerned in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 18(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 36, after giving the Member State an opportunity to submit its comments.
I gcás ina gcuirfidh dearbhuithe caiteachais nó an fhaisnéis dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 102 ar chumas an Choimisiúin a shuíomh go bhfuil caiteachas déanta ag comhlachtaí nach gníomhaireachtaí íocaíochta creidiúnaithe iad, nár urramaíodh tréimhsí íocaíochta nó uasteorainneacha airgeadais arna socrú ag dlí an Aontais nó nach raibh caiteachas a rinneadh ar bhealach eile nach raibh i gcomhréir le rialacha an Aontais, féadfaidh an Coimisiún na híocaíochtaí míosúla nó eatramhacha leis an mBallstát lena mbaineann a laghdú nó a chur ar fionraí faoi chuimse na ngníomhartha cur chun feidhme maidir le híocaíochtaí míosúla dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 18(3) nó i gcomhthéacs na n-íocaíochtaí eatramhacha dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 36, tar éis deis a thabhairt don Bhallstát a bharúlacha a thíolacadh.