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Document 12006E280

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version)
    Part Five - Institutions of the Community
    TITLE II - Financial provisions
    Article 280

    OJ C 321E, 29.12.2006, p. 170–170 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_2006/art_280/oj

    12006E280

    Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Part Five - Institutions of the Community - TITLE II - Financial provisions - Article 280

    Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0170 - 0170
    Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0145 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0293 - Consolidated version
    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0074 - Consolidated version


    Article 280

    1. The Community and the Member States shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Community through measures to be taken in accordance with this Article, which shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in the Member States.

    2. Member States shall take the same measures to counter fraud affecting the financial interests of the Community as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests.

    3. Without prejudice to other provisions of this Treaty, the Member States shall coordinate their action aimed at protecting the financial interests of the Community against fraud. To this end they shall organise, together with the Commission, close and regular cooperation between the competent authorities.

    4. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251, after consulting the Court of Auditors, shall adopt the necessary measures in the fields of the prevention of and fight against fraud affecting the financial interests of the Community with a view to affording effective and equivalent protection in the Member States. These measures shall not concern the application of national criminal law or the national administration of justice.

    5. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall each year submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the measures taken for the implementation of this Article.

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