Contract number: [ complete ]  Contract conditions of December 2015  II.22.3. The contractor must grant the contracting authority’s staff and outside  personnel authorised by the contracting authority the appropriate right of access to sites and  premises where the contract is performed and to all the information, including  information in electronic format, needed to conduct such checks and audits. The  contractor must ensure that the information is readily available at the moment of  the check or audit and, if so requested, that information is handed over in an  appropriate form. II.22.4. On the basis of the findings made during the audit, a provisional report is drawn  up. The contracting authority or its authorised representative must send it to the  contractor, who has 30 days following the date of receipt to submit observations.  The contractor must receive the final report within 60 days following the expiry of  that deadline to submit observations.  II.22.5. In accordance with Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11  November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspection carried out by the  Commission in order to protect the European Communities’ financial interests  against  fraud and other  irregularities and Regulation (EC) No 883/2013 of the  European Parliament and the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning  investigation conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office, the European Anti- Fraud Office may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and  inspections, to establish whether there has been  fraud , corruption or any other  illegal activity under the contract affecting the financial interests of the Union and  the Community. Findings arising from an investigation may lead to criminal  prosecution under national law.  On the basis of the final audit findings, the contracting authority may recover all or  part of the payments made in accordance with Article II.21 and may take any other  measure which it considers necessary.  The investigations may be carried out at any moment during the performance of  the contract and up to five years starting from the payment of the balance.  II.22.6  The Court of Auditors has the same rights as the contracting authority, particularly  right of access, for the purpose of checks and audits.  32 