PART III: THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION
TITLE VI – THE FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION
CHAPTER II – FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Section 5 – Combating fraud
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1. The Union and the Member States shall counter fraud and any other illegal activities affecting the
Union's financial interests through measures taken in accordance with this Article. These measures
shall act as a deterrent and be such as to afford effective protection in the Member States and in all the
Union's institutions, bodies, offices and agencies.
2. Member States shall take the same measures to counter fraud affecting the Union's financial
interests as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests.
3. Without prejudice to other provisions of the Constitution, the Member States shall coordinate
their action aimed at protecting the Union's financial interests against fraud. To this end they shall
organise, together with the Commission, close and regular cooperation between the competent
authorities.
4. European laws or framework laws shall lay down the necessary measures in the fields of the
prevention of and fight against fraud affecting the Union's financial interests with a view to affording
effective and equivalent protection in the Member States and in all the Union's institutions, bodies,
offices and agencies. They shall be adopted after consultation of the Court of Auditors.
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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