The Commission shall automatically decommit any portion of a budget commitment for a rural development programme that has not been used for the purpose of prefinancing or for making interim payments or for which no declaration of expenditure fulfilling the requirements laid down in Article 36(3) has been presented to it in relation to expenditure effected by 31 December of the third year following that of the budget commitment.
Aon chuid de ghealltanas buiséadach do chlár forbartha tuaithe nár úsáideadh chun críche réamh-mhaoinithe nó chun íocaíochtaí eatramhacha a dhéanamh nó aon chuid nár cuireadh aon dearbhú caiteachais ina leith, lena gcomhlíontar na ceanglais a leagtar síos in Airteagal 36(3), faoi bhráid an Choimisiúin maidir le caiteachas arna dhéanamh faoin 31 Nollaig sa tríú bliain tar éis bhliain an ghealltanais bhuiséadaigh, déanfaidh an Coimisiún an chuid sin a shaoradh go huathoibríoch.