Suspension of access to allowances in the case of a suspected fraudulent transaction
Article 66
1. A national administrator or a national administrator acting on instruction of the competent authority or a relevant authority under national law may suspend access to allowances in the part of the Union Registry it administers in any of the following cases: (a) for a maximum period of four weeks if it suspects that the allowances have been the subject of a transaction constituting fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption or other serious crime; (b) if suspension is on the basis of and in accordance with national law provisions that pursue a legitimate objective. For the purposes of point (a) of the first subparagraph, provisions of Article 67 shall be applied accordingly. Upon instruction from the financial intelligence unit the period may be extended. 2. The Commission may instruct the central administrator to suspend access to allowances in the Union Registry or the EUTL for a maximum period of four weeks if it suspects that the allowances have been the subject of a transaction constituting fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption or other serious crime. 3. The national administrator or the Commission shall immediately inform the competent law enforcement authority of the suspension. 4. A national law enforcement authority of the Member State of the national administrator may also request the administrator to implement a suspension on the basis of and in accordance with national law.