Any decision of the contracting authority taken under Articles 106 to 108 or, where applicable, any recommendation of the panel referred to in Article 108, shall be made in compliance with the principle of proportionality and in particular taking into account the seriousness of the situation, including the impact on the Union's financial interests and image, the time which has elapsed since the relevant conduct, its duration and its recurrence, the intention or degree of negligence, the limited amount at stake for point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article or any other mitigating circumstances, such as the degree of collaboration of the economic operator with the relevant competent authority and its contribution to the investigation as recognised by the contracting authority, or the disclosure of the exclusion situation by means of the declaration referred to in paragraph 10 of this Article.
Aon chinneadh de chuid an údaráis chonarthaigh a dhéanfar faoi Airteagal 106 go hAirteagal 108 nó, i gcás inarb infheidhme, aon mholadh ón bpainéal dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 108, déanfar iad i gcomhréir le prionsabal na comhréireachta, agus aird á tabhairt go háirithe ar thromchúis an cháis, lena n-áirítear an tionchar ar leasanna airgeadais nó ar íomhá airgeadais an Aontais, ar an méid ama a d'imigh thart ó rinneadh an t-iompar ábhartha, ar ré an iompair agus ar atarlú an iompair, ar rún a bheith ann i dtaobh na faillí nó ar mhéid na faillí, ar an méid teoranta a bhí i gceist maidir le pointe (b) de mhír 1 den Airteagal seo nó aon imthosca maolaitheacha eile, amhail an méid a chomhoibrigh an t-oibreoir eacnamaíoch i dtaca leis an údarás ábhartha inniúil agus a rannchuidiú leis an imscrúdú mar a aithneoidh an t-údarás conarthach é, nó ar staid an eisiaimh a nochtadh tríd an dearbhú dá dtagraítear i mír 10 den Airteagal seo.