The authorising officer shall be liable to payment of compensation as laid down in the Staff Regulations, which specify that an official may be required to make good, in whole or in part, any damage suffered by the Communities as a result of serious misconduct on his/her part in the course of or in connection with the performance of his/her duties, in particular if he/she determines entitlements to be recovered or issues recovery orders, commits expenditure or signs a payment order without complying with this Financial Regulation and its implementing rules.
Odredbodajalec je odškodninsko odgovoren v skladu s kadrovskimi predpisi, ki določajo, da se od uradnika lahko zahteva, da v celoti ali delno poravna kakršno koli škodo, ki so jo imele Skupnosti zaradi resnega kršenja delovnih obveznosti med opravljanjem ali v zvezi z opravljanjem njegovih nalog, zlasti če določa, katere upravičene zneske je treba izterjati, ali izdaja naloge za izterjavo, prevzema obveznosti, odobrava izdatke ali podpisuje odredbe za plačilo, ne da bi pri tem upošteval finančno uredbo in pravila za njeno izvajanje.