# 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)
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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.