Despite the rather broad wording of those provisions, in practice they are used essentially to reduce payments for non-compliance with payment deadlines, ceilings and similar "accounting issues" which can readily be detected in the declarations of expenditure.
D'ainneoin fhoclaíocht sách leathan na bhforálacha sin, úsáidtear iad sa chleachtas go bunúsach chun íocaíochtaí a laghdú i leith neamh-urramú sprioc-amanna íocaíochta, uasteorainneacha agus 'ceisteanna cuntasaíochta' dá samhail, ar féidir iad a bhrath go héasca sna dearbhuithe caiteachais.