66As regards the obligations of those authorities in that context, Article 9(1)(a) of Regulation No 1290/2005 provides that the Member States are to take all measures necessary to ensure effective protection of the financial interests of the European Union, in particular in order to recover the sums lost as a result of irregularities or negligence. Article 58(1)(e) of Regulation No 1306/2013, which essentially reproduces the former provision, adds that the Member States are to take the necessary measures to initiate court proceedings, where appropriate, in order to recover those sums.
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