1.Member States shall submit a request to the Commission for authorisation to grant national financial assistance pursuant to Article 35(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for operational programmes to be implemented in any given calendar year by 31 January of that year.
The request shall be accompanied by evidence showing:
(a)that the degree of organisation of producers in the region concerned is particularly low, in accordance with Article 52 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891;
(b)that only products of the fruit and vegetables sector produced in that region benefit from the assistance; and
(c)details of the producer organisations and the amount of assistance concerned and the proportion of financial contributions being made pursuant to Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2.The Commission shall approve or refuse the request by way of a decision within three months. That period shall begin on the day following the day on which the Commission received a completed request from the Member State. If the Commission does not request additional information within the three-month period, the request shall be deemed to be complete.