Penalties
Article 18
1. Where the competent authority of a Member State finds that a document presented by an applicant for the attribution of the rights deriving from this Regulation provides incorrect information and where the incorrect information concerned is decisive for the attribution of that right, the competent authority shall exclude the applicant from the procedure of granting aid for the same product for which the incorrect information has been given for a period of one year from the moment when a final administrative decision establishing the irregularity has been taken. 2. The exclusion provided for in paragraph 1 shall not apply if the applicant proves, to the satisfaction of the competent authority, that the situation referred to in that paragraph is due to force majeure or obvious error. 3. Unduly paid aid shall be recovered, with interest from the operators concerned. The rules laid down in Article 7 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 ( 8 ) shall apply mutatis mutandis . 4. Implementation of administrative penalties and recovery of unduly paid amounts, as provided for in this Article, are without prejudice to communication of irregularities to the Commission pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2006 ( 9 ) .