Judgment_paragraph 48 · Județul Neamț and Județul Bacău v Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale și Administrației Publice (C-260/14, C-261/14)

48It should be noted, first of all, that the first subparagraph of Article 98(2) of Regulation No 1083/2006 provides that the financial corrections which Member States must make if they detect irregularities in operations or operational programmes consist of cancelling all or part of the public contribution to the operational programme concerned. Furthermore, according to the second subparagraph of Article 98(2) of the regulation, the resources from the Funds released in this way may, under certain conditions, be reused by the Member State concerned.