Chapter III, Article 19, Paragraph 2. · Regulation (EU) 2025/535

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2.The Commission shall assess without undue delay whether Moldova has met the preconditions set out in Article 5 and the principles for financing set out in Article 10(3) and achieved satisfactory fulfilment of the payment conditions set out in the Commission implementing decision referred to in Article 13. Where the Commission finds that payment conditions previously met by Moldova, for which the Commission had previously paid, are no longer fulfilled by Moldova, the Commission shall reduce future disbursements by an equivalent amount.In conducting that assessment the Commission may be assisted by experts, including experts from Member States. In the event that a request for the release of funds or a request for payment includes a step related to negotiation Chapter 32, referred to in Article 22(2), the Commission shall not adopt a decision authorising the release of funds unless it assesses such step positively.