Obveznost za delne zneske, namenjene za aktivnosti ali programe, ki jih je odobrila Komisija pred 1. januarjem 1994, vendar zanje do 31. marca 2001 ne prejme vloge za končno plačilo, samodejno preneha najpozneje 30. septembra 2001, neupravičeno plačane zneske je treba vrniti, kar pa ne vpliva na aktivnosti ali programe, ki so bili odloženi zaradi sodnih postopkov.
Partial sums committed for operations or programmes approved by the Commission before 1 January 1994, but in respect of which no application for final payment has been received by 31 March 2001, shall be automatically decommitted no later than 30 September 2001, giving rise to the repayment of amounts unduly paid, without prejudice to operations or programmes which have been suspended on account of legal proceedings.