Where a Member State notifies the Commission of its decisions pursuant to Articles 22(2) and (3), 24(10), 29 and 40(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 such a notification shall include the details of such decisions. In addition, for decisions pursuant to Articles 24(10), 29 and 40(4) of that Regulation, a justification shall be included where relevant.

Where a Member State notifies the Commission of its decisions pursuant to Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, such a notification shall include the details of such decisions, their justification and the objective criteria on the basis of which those decisions have been made, in particular the criteria used for the definition of the regions pursuant to Article 23(1) of that Regulation, the criteria used for the division of the national ceilings between the regions pursuant to Article 23(2) of that Regulation and the criteria used for any annual progressive modifications pursuant to Article 23(3) of that Regulation.

Where a Member State decides to use the options provided for in Articles 30(7), 30(11)(b), 32(3)(b), 32(5) and 36(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, it shall notify the Commission by 31 January of the first year of application of such a decision of the details of those decisions as well as of the justification and, where relevant, the objective criteria on the basis of which those decisions have been made.

In case of a review of the decision referred to in Article 30(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the information referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be notified to the Commission by 31 January of the first year of application of such a reviewed decision.

Where a Member State decides to use the option provided for in Article 34(3) and (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, it shall notify the Commission of its decision by 31 January of the first year of application of such a decision.

Where a Member State decides to use the options provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 39(1) and in Article 40(2) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, it shall notify the Commission by 31 July of the year preceding the year of first application of such a decision of the details of those decisions as well as of the justification and, where relevant, the objective criteria on the basis of which those decisions have been made.

Where a Member State decides to apply the single area payment scheme according to Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 it shall notify the Commission by 1 September of each year, for the claim year concerned, of the total number of hectares declared by farmers pursuant to Article 36(2) of that Regulation.

Member States shall notify the Commission of the following information:

1. (a)

   by 15 December 2014:

   1. (i)

      if applicable, their decision to calculate the payment referred to in Article 43(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 according to the third subparagraph of that paragraph;

   2. (ii)

      if applicable, their decision to designate further sensitive permanent grassland areas referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 45(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;

   3. (iii)

      if applicable, their decision to apply the payment referred to in Article 43(9) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 at regional level as provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 47(2) of that Regulation;

2. (b)

   by 15 December of the year concerned the decision to newly designate environmentally sensitive permanent grassland area as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 41 of this Regulation;

3. (c)

   by 15 December of each year, for the claim year concerned:

   1. (i)

      the total number of farmers who have to apply at least one greening obligation referred to in Article 43(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and the total number of hectares declared by such farmers;

   2. (ii)

      the total number of farmers exempted from one or more greening practices and the number of hectares declared by such farmers, the number of farmers exempted from all practices because they comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, the number of farmers exempted from the crop diversification obligation, and the number of farmers exempted from the ecological focus area obligation, and the respective number of hectares declared by such farmers. Those numbers shall not include the farmers participating in the small farmer scheme;

   3. (iii)

      the total number of farmers applying equivalent measures, distinguishing farmers applying equivalence pursuant to Article 43(3)(a) or (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and the respective number of hectares declared by such farmers;

   4. (iv)

      the total number of farmers subject to crop diversification, broken down by the number of farmers subject to a diversification with two crops and the number of farmers subject to a diversification with three crops and including the respective number of hectares of arable land declared by such farmers;

   5. (v)

      the total number of farmers taken into account for the calculation of the ratio of areas of permanent grassland to total agricultural area and the total number of hectares covered by permanent grassland declared by such farmers;

   6. (vi)

      the total number of farmers declaring environmentally sensitive permanent grassland, the total number of hectares covered by environmentally sensitive permanent grassland declared by such farmers and the total number of hectares of designated environmentally sensitive permanent grasslands;

   7. (vii)

      the total number of farmers subject to the ecological focus area obligation, the total number of arable hectares declared by such farmers and the total number of hectares declared as ecological focus area before application of the weighting factors, broken down by type of ecological focus area as listed in the first subparagraph of Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013;

   8. (viii)

      the total number of farmers implementing the ecological focus area obligation at regional or collective level and the total number of arable hectares declared by such farmers;

4. (d)

   by 15 December of each year, the reference ratio and the annual ratio of areas of permanent grassland to total agricultural area, as well as information regarding obligations established at the level of the holding in accordance with the fifth subparagraph of Article 45(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and Article 44 of this Regulation.

In their notification to be made by 1 August 2014 pursuant to Article 46(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 Member States shall notify the Commission of the following:

1. (a)

   their decision regarding which areas listed in the first subparagraph of Article 46(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are to be considered as ecological focus area, to be supplemented, by 1 October 2014, by detailed information on such decisions, including on the conditions applying on those areas as a result of decisions made by Member States;

2. (b)

   detailed information on the use of conversion and weighting factors referred to in Article 46(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.

In their notification to be made by 1 August of the year preceding the first application of the relevant decision pursuant to Article 46(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Member States shall notify the Commission of the following:

1. (a)

   for Member States opting for the regional implementation referred to in Article 46(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 information on the definition of the regions, the designation of areas, the selected areas for the purposes of Article 46(4) of this Regulation, and information justifying how this regional implementation underpins the implementation of Union policies on the environment, climate and biodiversity;

2. (b)

   for Member States deciding to allow the collective implementation referred to in Article 46(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall include information on the designation of areas and the selected areas for the purposes of Article 47(3) of this Regulation, if applicable.

In their notification to be made by 1 August of the year preceding the first application of the relevant decision pursuant to Article 46(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, Member States fulfilling the condition referred to in Article 46(7) of that Regulation deciding to apply the exemption provided for in that provision, shall notify the Commission of the details of that decision, including the data and the calculations that demonstrate that all the conditions for the exemption referred to in Article 46(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 are fulfilled.

The first subparagraph shall apply mutatis mutandis to decisions to further apply the exemption provided for in Article 46(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and renew the three-year period as referred to in Article 48(3) of this Regulation.

Member States shall notify the Commission immediately of any changes in the application of the exemption provided for in Article 46(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.

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.

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.

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.

The notifications referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall include the items listed in Annex I to this Regulation.

For each coupled support measure and each of the specific types of farming or specific agricultural sectors concerned, Member States shall notify the Commission of the total number of beneficiaries, the amount of the payments which have been granted as well as the total area and the total number of animals for which the support has actually been paid. Such notifications shall be made by 15 September of the year following the year in respect of which the payments are granted.

Where Bulgaria and Romania decide to grant complementary national direct payments pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, they shall submit a report to the Commission by 30 June 2016. For each complementary national direct payment the report shall contain the number of beneficiaries, the total amount of complementary national direct payment granted, the hectares for which the payment has been granted and the rate of the payment where relevant.

Where a Member State decides to grant transitional national aid pursuant to Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, it shall submit to the Commission an annual report by 15 September of the year following the implementation of that transitional national aid. The report shall contain for each sector the number of beneficiaries, the amount of transitional national aid granted, the hectares, the number of animals or other units for which that aid has been granted and the rate of that aid where relevant.