1.As soon as the Commission adopts an implementing act referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, it shall forward the copies of the selected programmes to the Member States concerned.
2.Member States shall without delay inform the proposing organisations concerned whether or not their applications have been accepted.
3.Member States shall conclude contracts for the implementation of programmes with the selected proposing organisations within 90 calendar days of the notification of the Commission act referred to in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 provided that the implementing bodies referred to in Article 13 of that Regulation have been selected in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829. Beyond that deadline, no contracts may be concluded without prior authorisation from the Commission.
4.The starting date of the implementation of the programme shall be the first day of the month following the date of signature of the contract. However, the starting date may be postponed for up to 6 months, in particular to take into account the seasonality of the product concerned by the programme or participation in a specific event or fair.
5.Member States shall use the model contracts provided by the Commission.
6.Where appropriate, Member States may amend certain terms in the model contracts in order to comply with their national law, provided that this does not infringe Union legislation.