In order to allow sufficient time for all the necessary administrative proceedings, including internal checks, Member States should request recovery from the beneficiary within 18 months after a control report or similar document, stating that an irregularity has taken place, has been approved and, where applicable, received by the paying agency or body responsible for the recovery.
Ionas go mbeidh dóthain ama ann do na nósanna imeachta riaracháin is gá, lena n-áirítear rialú inmheánach, ba cheart do na Ballstáit aisghabháil a iarraidh ar an tairbhí laistigh de 18 mhí tar éis tíolacadh tuarascála rialaithe nó doiciméid den chineál sin, lena gcuirtear in iúl gur tharla neamhrialtacht, gur formheasadh é agus, i gcás inarb infheidhme, go bhfuair an ghníomhaireacht íocaíochta nó an comhlacht atá freagrach as an aisghabháil é.