[F1The appropriate authority] shall notify producer organisations and associations of producer organisations of the approved amount of aid by 15 December of the year preceding the year for which aid is requested.
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, where the third subparagraph of Article 33(2) or the second subparagraph of Article 34(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 applies, [F2the appropriate authority] shall notify those organisations and associations of the approved amount of aid by 20 January of the year for which aid is requested.
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1.Producer organisations shall submit an application for aid, or the balance thereof, to the [F4appropriate authority] for each operational programme for which aid is requested by 15 February of the year following the year for which the aid is requested.
2.The aid applications shall be accompanied by supporting documents showing:
(a)the aid requested;
(b)the value of marketed production;
(c)the financial contributions levied on its members and those of the producer organisation itself;
(d)the expenditure incurred in respect of the operational programme;
(e)the expenditure concerning crisis prevention and management broken down by actions;
(f)the proportion of the operational fund spent on crisis prevention and management broken down by actions;
(g)compliance with Article 33(3), the first subparagraph of Article 33(5) and Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;
(h)a written commitment that it has not received any duplicate [F5European Union or public] funding in respect of measures or operations qualifying for aid under Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in the fruit and vegetables sector; [F6and]
F7(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F8(j)an annual report on the execution of the operational programme.]
3.The aid applications may cover expenditure programmed but not incurred if the following elements are proved:
(a)the operations concerned could not be carried out by 31 December of the year of implementation of the operational programme, for reasons beyond the control of the producer organisation concerned;
(b)those operations can be carried out by 30 April of the year following the year for which the aid is requested; and
(c)an equivalent contribution from the producer organisation remains in the operational fund.
The aid shall be paid and the security lodged in accordance with Article 11(2) shall be released only on condition that proof of implementation of the programmed expenditure referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph is provided by 30 April of the year following that for which the expenditure in question was programmed, and on the basis that the entitlement to the aid is established.
4.In exceptional and duly justified cases, the [F9appropriate authority] may accept applications after the date provided for in paragraph 1, if the necessary checks have been carried out and the time limit for payment provided for in Article 10 is complied with. Where applications are submitted after the date provided for in paragraph 1, the aid shall be reduced by 1 % for each day the application is late.
5.Associations of producer organisations may submit an application for aid as referred to in paragraph 1 in the name and on behalf of only those members that are producer organisations recognised in the [F10United Kingdom] and provided that the supporting documents referred to in paragraph 2 are submitted for each member. The producer organisations shall be the final beneficiaries of the aid.
[F115A.An application for aid by an association of producer organisations must relate to actions implemented at the level of the association and must be submitted to the appropriate authority for the constituent nation where that association has its head office. The appropriate authorities must ensure that there is no double funding risk.]
[F126.Producer organisations shall submit an application for aid regarding actions that are implemented at the level of the producer organisations [F13to the appropriate authority for the constituent nation in which the producer organisation’s head office is located.]F14...
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F4Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(a), 7(a)
F5Words in Art. 9(2)(h) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(b)(i)(aa), 7(a)
F6Word in Art. 9(2)(h) inserted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(b)(i)(bb), 7(a)
F7Art. 9(2)(i) omitted (25.6.2021) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(b)(ii), 7(a)
F8Art. 9(2)(j) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(b)(iii), 7(a)
F9Words in Art. 9(4) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(c), 7(a)
F10Words in Art. 9(5) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(d), 7(a)
F11Art. 9(5A) inserted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(e), 7(a)
F12Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1146 of 7 June 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 as regards the categories of grapevine products, oenological practices and the applicable restrictions.
F13Words in Art. 9(6) substituted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(10)(f), 7(a)
F14Words in Art. 9(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 6(3)(a)
[F16The appropriate authority] shall pay the aid by 15 October of the year following the year of implementation of the programme.
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1.Applications for advance payments may be submitted F17... on a three-monthly basis in January, April, July and October F18....
Total advance payments made for a given year shall not exceed 80 % of the initially approved amount of aid for the operational programme.
2.Advance payments shall be paid subject to the lodging of a security equivalent to 110 % thereof in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014(1).
3.[F19Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from setting] a minimum amount and the deadlines for advance payments.
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F17Words in Art. 11(1) omitted (25.6.2021) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(12)(a)(i), 7(a)
1.[F20A producer organisation may apply to the appropriate authority for the constituent nation in which the producer organisation has its head office] for the payment of the part of the aid corresponding to the amounts already spent under the operational programme.
2.Applications may be submitted at any time, but no more than three times each year. They shall be accompanied by supporting documents, such as invoices and documents proving that the payment has been made.
3.Payments in respect of applications for parts of the aid shall not exceed 80 % of the part of the aid corresponding to the amounts already spent under the operational programme for the period concerned. [F21Nothing in this Regulation prevents the appropriate authority from setting] a minimum amount for partial payments and deadlines for applications.
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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 907/2014 of 11 March 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 18).