CHAPTER 6NOTIFICATIONS

Article 66Notifications relating to the payment for young farmers

1.

Where a Member State decides to apply Article 50(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 for the calculation of the payment for young farmers, it shall notify the Commission by 31 January 2015 of the method for calculating the payment chosen and the maximum limit set in accordance with Article 50(9) of that Regulation.

2.

Where a Member State decides to define eligibility criteria in accordance with Article 50(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 or to apply the calculation method referred to in Article 50(10) of that Regulation, it shall notify the Commission by 31 January 2015 of such a decision.

3.

Where a Member State decides to make use of the option to recalculate the fixed number of hectares as provided for in the third subparagraph of Article 50(10) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, it shall notify the Commission by 1 August of the year for which such a recalculation would apply of such a decision and provide a justification as well as the objective criteria on the basis of which the decision has been made.

F14.

Member States shall notify the Commission of any decision taken pursuant to Article 49(1a) at the latest 15 days after the date on which such decision was taken.