In order to ensure financial discipline, it is appropriate to define the arrangements for de-commitment of any part of the budget commitment in an operational programme, in particular where an amount may be excluded from de-commitment, in particular where delays in implementation result from circumstances which are independent of the party concerned, abnormal or unforeseeable and whose consequences cannot be avoided despite the diligence shown, as well as in a situation in which a request for payment has been made but for which the payment deadline has been interrupted or the payment suspended.
D'fhonn smacht airgeadais a áirithiú, is iomchuí na socruithe le haghaidh cuid ar bith den ghealltanas buiséadach a shaoradh i gclár oibríochtúil a shainiú, go háirithe i gcás ina bhféadfar méid a eisiamh ón saoradh sin, go háirithe i gcás ina mbíonn moill ar chur chun feidhme mar thoradh ar imthosca atá neamhspleách ar an bpáirtí lena mbaineann, ar imthosca neamhghnácha nó ar imthosca nach féidir a thuar agus nach féidir a n-iarmhairtí a sheachaint d'ainneoin na dúthrachta a caitheadh, agus i staid ina ndearnadh iarraidh ar íocaíocht, ach a ndearnadh an spriocdháta le haghaidh íocaíochta ina leith a bhriseadh nó a ndearnadh an íocaíocht ina leith a chur ar fionraí.