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1. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information, declarations and documents referred to in Article 90 that financial ceilings set by Union law have been exceeded, the Commission shall reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State concerned in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 21(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 32.

2. Where the Commission establishes from declarations of expenditure or the information, declarations and documents referred to in Article 90 that the payment deadlines referred to in Article 38 have not been complied with, it shall inform the Member State concerned thereof and give it the opportunity to submit its comments within a period which shall not be less than 30 days. Where the Member State fails to submit its comments within that period or where the Commission has concluded that the response provided is manifestly insufficient, the Commission may reduce the monthly or interim payments to the Member State concerned in the framework of the implementing acts concerning the monthly payments referred to in Article 21(3) or in the framework of the interim payments referred to in Article 32.

3. Reductions under this Article shall be without prejudice to Article 53.

4. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down further rules on the procedure and other practical arrangements for the proper functioning of the mechanism provided for in Article 38. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 103(3).