Inadmissibility of applications by operators that have committed fraud in the context of the EFF or the EMFF
Article 5
1. Where it is determined by a competent authority that an operator committed a fraud in the context of the EFF or EMFF, all applications for EMFF support by that operator shall be inadmissible from the date of the first official decision establishing the fraud as defined in Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests ( 9 ) . 2. The inadmissibility period shall last until the end of the eligibility period of the EMFF as set out to in Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.