# 1756/2012/RT - Author: European Ombudsman - Date: 2013-11-06T00:00+01:00[Europe/Paris] - [URL](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/digest/en/54195) --- If an overpayment is due to a mistake by the Commission administration, it should apply mitigating measures to make the recovery as benign as possible.