Upravičenec do nadomestila Skupnosti za umik ali financiranje iz operativnega sklada je obvezan dvakratno povrniti zneske, ki so mu bili neupravičeno izplačani, skupaj z obrestmi, izračunanimi glede na čas, ki je pretekel od izplačila do povračila upravičenca, kadar kontrolni pregledi, izvedeni v skladu s členom 17, pokažejo, da:
The beneficiary of Community withdrawal compensation or of financing from the operational fund shall be under the obligation to pay back double the amounts unduly paid, plus interest calculated by reference to the time that has elapsed between payment and reimbursement by the beneficiary where checks carried out in accordance with Article 17 show that: