1.Member States shall request Community reimbursement of approved national financial assistance actually paid to producer organisations, before 1 March of the year following the yearly implementation of the operational programmes.
The request shall be accompanied by evidence showing that the conditions set out in the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 have been fulfilled in the previous three years, as well as details of the producer organisations concerned, the amount of assistance actually paid and the proportion of financial contributions actually made pursuant to Article 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007.
2.The Commission shall take a decision to approve or refuse the request.
3.Where Community reimbursement of the assistance has been approved, the eligible expenditure shall be declared to the Commission in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2006(1).