En revanche, l'impact financier estimé des irrégularités est en baisse dans tous les domaines, sauf pour les actions structurelles; en moyenne, il est d'environ 0,19% pour les engagements budgétaires agricoles , 1,5% pour les ressources propres et 2% pour les actions structurelles (fonds de cohésion compris). Cependant, il convient de distinguer entre fraude et irrégularité.
However, with the exception of structural measures, the estimated financial impact of these irregularities has declined in all areas: it is on average roughly 0.19% in the case of budgetary commitments for agriculture, 1.5% in the case of own resources and 2% in the case of structural measures (including the Cohesion Fund) but it should be pointed out that there is a difference between fraud and irregularity.