Article 20
Protection of the financial interests of the Community The Commission shall ensure that, when indirect actions are implemented, the financial interests of the Community are protected by effective checks and by deterrent measures and, if irregularities are detected, by penalties which are effective, proportionate and dissuasive, in accordance with Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 and (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96(9), and with Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council(10). CHAPTER III RULES FOR DISSEMINATION AND USE