1. Where a Member State uses the option to introduce collective claims, Article 14 shall not apply in respect of such collective claims.
2. The collective shall submit one collective claim per year.
3. The collective claim shall contain all information necessary to establish eligibility for the support, with the exception of information in respect of the commitments covered by the agri-environment-climate operations as referred to in Article 28 of Regulation EU (No) 1305/2013. The collective claim shall contain in particular:
the identity of the collective;
the unique identification of each participating member of the collective;
a reference to the application for support submitted by the collective;
details of the agri-environment-climate operations concerned;
particulars permitting the unambiguous identification of all agricultural parcels on the holding, their area expressed in hectares to two decimal places, their location and, where required, further specifications on the use of the agricultural parcels;
where applicable, particulars permitting the unambiguous identification of non-agricultural land for which support under rural development measures is being claimed;
where appropriate, any supporting documents needed to establish the eligibility for the measure concerned;
a statement by the collective stating that the participating members are aware of the conditions pertaining to the rural development measures in question and of the financial consequences in cases of non-compliances.
Where the application for support submitted by the collective contains the information referred to in points (b), (d) and (h) of the first subparagraph, that information may be substituted by a reference to that application for support.
4. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, Member States may decide that the collective claim shall contain all details in respect of the commitments covered by the agri-environment-climate operations.
5. The collective shall notify the competent authority of each commitment covered by the agri-environment-climate operations no later than 14 calendar days before the commitment is undertaken. Member States shall provide for appropriate procedures for this notification.
Where the details in respect of the commitments covered by the agri-environment-climate operations are contained in the collective claim in accordance with paragraph 4, the commitments do not need to be notified in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph, unless a change in type, timing or location of the commitment occurs.]
Textual Amendments
F1Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2333 of 14 December 2015 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance.