Article 6U.K.
1.Member States' payment applications must reach the Commission within 10 months of the date of completion of the operations concerned. No payment shall be made in respect of aid for which the application is submitted after the expiry of this period.
2.Advances must be reimbursed when the costs of the operation concerned cannot be justified on the form given in Annex 2 within three months of the expiry of the 10-month period laid down in paragraph 1.
3.Where under Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2950/83 a Member State requests suspension of payment of an advance, the assistance shall be paid in one instalment at the time of final payment.
4.Where a final payment application reveals a sum that has not been used, it shall be released immediately.