1. Quando un debitore vanta nei confronti dell’Unione un credito certo, a norma dell’articolo 81, lettera a), liquido ed esigibile, corrispondente a un importo indicato in un ordine di pagamento, il contabile procede, dopo la scadenza di cui all’articolo 80, paragrafo 3, lettera b), al recupero del credito mediante compensazione.
1. Where the debtor has a claim on the Union that is certain as defined in point (a) of Article 81, of a fixed amount and due, relating to a sum established by a payment order, the accounting officer shall, following the deadline referred to in Article 80(3)(b) recover established amounts receivable by offsetting.