CHAPTER IIIMANAGEMENT OF SIMPLE PROGRAMMES

SECTION 1Implementation and financing of programmes

Article 16Payments by the Member State

1

The interim payments and the advance payments referred to in Articles 13 and 14 taken together shall not exceed 90 % of the Union's total financial contribution referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014.

2

Member States shall make the payments referred to in Articles 14 and 15 within 60 days from the receipt of the application for payment provided that all checks have been carried out in accordance with this Regulation.

3

Where further administrative or on-the-spot checks referred to in Articles 19 and 20 are necessary, the deadline referred to in paragraph 2 may be extended by a Member State by notifying the proposing organisation.