The Commission shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, when actions financed under this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the Union are protected by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties.
Nuair a chuirfear chun feidhme bearta arna maoiniú faoin Rialachán seo, déanfaidh an Coimisiún bearta iomchuí lena áirithiú go ndéanfar leasa airgeadais an Aontais a chosaint trí bhearta coisctheacha a chur i bhfeidhm i gcoinne calaoise, éilliú agus aon ghníomhaíochtaí neamhdhleathacha eile, trí sheiceálacha éifeachtacha a dhéanamh agus, má bhraitear neamhrialtachtaí, trí mhéideanna a íocadh go míchuí a ghnóthú agus, i gcás inarb iomchuí, trí phionóis éifeachtacha chomhréireacha athchomhairleacha riaracháin agus airgeadais a ghearradh.