The Commission shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, where activities 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 unduly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties.
I gcás ina mbeidh gníomhaíochtaí arna maoiniú faoin Rialacháin seo á gcur chun feidhme, déanfaidh an Coimisiún bearta iomchuí chun a áirithiú go ndéantar leasanna airgeadais an Aontais a chosaint, trí bhearta coisctheacha a chur i bhfeidhm i gcoinne calaoise, éilliú nó gníomhaíochtaí neamhdhleathacha ar bith eile, trí sheiceálacha éifeachtacha a dhéanamh agus, má bhraitear neamhrialtachtaí, trí na méideanna a íocadh go míchuí a aisghabháil agus, i gcás inarb iomchuí, pionóis riaracháin agus airgeadais atá éifeachtach, comhréireach agus athchomhairleacha a ghearradh.