1. Where the Commission makes a financial correction in accordance with Article 99(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, the correction shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.
2. The rate of financial correction shall be obtained by subtracting 3 percentage points from the difference between the agreed target level and the level achieved, expressed as a percentage of the agreed target level, and then dividing the result by 10.
The financial correction shall be determined by applying that rate of financial correction to the Structural Fund contribution to the Member State concerned under the convergence objective for the full programming period.
3. If the difference between the agreed target level and the level achieved, expressed as a percentage of the agreed target level, referred to in paragraph 2, is 3 % or less, no financial correction shall be made.
4. The financial correction shall not exceed 5 % of the Structural Fund allocation to the Member State concerned under the convergence objective for the full programming period.]
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (Official Journal of the European Union L 371 of 27 December 2006).