1.   Beneficiary organisations may, in accordance with a procedure to be laid down by the Member State, request amendments to the content and budget of their approved work programme, provided that the amendments do not involve an overrun on the amount allocated to the Member State in question pursuant to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

2.   All requests for amendments to a work programme, including merging different work programmes, shall be accompanied by supporting documents setting out the reasons for and the nature and implications of the proposed changes. Requests shall be submitted by beneficiary organisations to the competent authority of the Member State at the latest by 31 December of the year preceding the year of implementation of the work programme.

3.   In the event of a merger, beneficiary organisations that were previously carrying out separate work programmes shall operate the separate programmes in parallel until 1 January of the year following the merger.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, Member States may authorise beneficiary organisations which so request, for duly substantiated reasons, to implement their respective work programmes in parallel without merging them.

4.   Amendments to a work programme shall become applicable two months after the request for amendments has been received by the competent authority unless the competent authority considers that the amendments submitted do not meet the applicable conditions. In this case, it shall inform the beneficiary organisation which shall, if necessary, submit a revised its work programme.

5.   In the event that the EU financing obtained by the beneficiary organisation is less than the amount in the approved work programme, a beneficiaries may adapt its programme to the financing obtained. The beneficiary shall ask the competent authority to approve such an amendment to the work programme.

6.   By way of derogation to paragraphs 2 and 4, the competent authority may, during the implementation of a work programme, accept amendments to a work programme measure provided that:

7.   If the competent authority does not issue any objections based on non-compliance with the conditions indicated in paragraph 6 within one month of notification of the amendment of the measure, the amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted.

1.   A beneficiary organisation which has lodged an application for an advance as provided for in Article 7(3)(h) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014 shall receive, under the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, a total advance of a maximum of 90 % of the EU contribution planned for each year covered by the approved work programme.

2.   Before the end of the month following the month of the beginning of the implementation of each year of the approved work programme, the Member State shall pay the beneficiary organisation concerned an initial instalment of half of the amount referred to in paragraph 1. A second instalment of the advance equivalent to the remaining half of that amount shall be paid after the check indicated in paragraph 3.

3.   The Member State shall check that the first instalment of the advance has been spent and the related measures carried out before disbursing the second instalment. This check shall be carried out by the Member State on the basis of the annual report referred to in Article 9 or on the basis of the inspection report referred to in Article 7.

1.   The advances referred to in Article 3 shall be subject to the lodging of a security by the beneficiary organisation concerned in accordance with Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 in an amount equal to 110 % of the advance requested.

2.   Before a date to be stipulated by the Member State and at the latest by 31 March, beneficiary organisations may lodge with the Member State concerned a request for the release of the security indicated in paragraph 1 up to an amount equal to the total expenditure corresponding to the amount of the first instalment of the advance that has actually been deployed and checked by the Member State. The Member State shall stipulate which supporting documents are to accompany the application, and shall check these documents and release the security corresponding to the expenditure concerned no later than in the course of the second month following that in which the application is lodged.

1.   For the purposes of payment of EU financing under Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, a beneficiary organisation shall lodge an application for financing with the paying agency of the Member State by a date to be determined by the Member State but no later than 30 June of the year following each year of implementation of the work programme.

The paying agency of the Member State may pay beneficiary organisations the balance of EU financing corresponding to each year of implementation of the work programme after checking, on the basis of the annual report referred to in Article 9 or the inspection report referred to in Article 7, that the measures corresponding to each instalment of the advance referred to in Article 3(3) have actually been carried out.

Any application for EU financing submitted after 30 June shall be ineligible and any amounts paid as an advance on financing of the work programme shall be repaid in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8.

2.   Applications for EU financing shall be drawn up in accordance with a model to be provided by the competent authority of the Member State. To be eligible, an application shall be accompanied by:

3.   Applications for financing which do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be deemed ineligible and rejected. The beneficiary organisation concerned may submit a new application for financing together with the justificatory evidence and missing elements within a time period to be established by the Member State.

4.   Applications concerning expenditure for measures carried out that have been paid more than two months after the end of the period of implementation of the work programme shall be rejected.

5.   No later than three months after the date of submission of the application for financing and the supporting documents referred to in paragraph 2, and once they have carried out the examination of the supporting documents and the checks referred to in Article 6, the Member State shall pay the EU financing that is due and, as appropriate, release the security referred to in Article 4. The security referred to in Article 7(3)(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014 shall be released after completion of the entire work programme, examination of the supporting documents and the checks referred to in Article 6.

1.   Member States shall verify that the conditions for granting EU financing are met, in particular as regards compliance with the following aspects:

2.   The competent authorities of the Member State shall implement a work programme inspection plan focusing on a sample of beneficiary organisations selected on the basis of a risk analysis and each year covering a minimum of 30 % of the beneficiary organisations in receipt of EU financing under Article 29 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. The selection shall be made in such a way as to ensure that:

If the checks reveal irregularities, the competent authority shall carry out additional checks in the course of the year and shall increase the number of beneficiary organisations to be checked the following year.

3.   The competent authority shall select the beneficiary organisations to be checked on the basis of a risk analysis based on the following criteria:

4.   The on-the-spot checks shall be unannounced. However, in order to facilitate the practical organisation of checks, advance warning of no more than 48 hours may be given to the beneficiary organisation to be checked.

5.   The duration of each on-the-spot check shall correspond to the degree of progress in implementing the approved work programme and expenditure committed to investments and services.

1.   In the event that recognition under Articles 154 and 158 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 is withdrawn because the beneficiary organisation has failed to fulfil its obligations intentionally or through gross negligence, the beneficiary organisation in question shall be ineligible to receive EU financing under the entire work programme.

2.   If a measure has not been implemented in conformity with a work programme, the beneficiary organisation shall be ineligible for financing for the measure in question.

3.   In the case of a measure which is subsequently found to be ineligible, and which has been implemented in conformity with an approved work programme, the Member State may decide to pay the financing due or not to recover amounts which have already been paid out, if such a decision is permitted in comparable cases financed from the national budget and if the beneficiary organisation has not acted negligently or intentionally.

4.   In the event of gross negligence or false declaration, the beneficiary organisation shall be ineligible to receive:

5.   Where a beneficiary organisation is deemed ineligible for financing pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 or 4, the competent authority shall recover the public financing already disbursed to that organisation.

6.   Interest shall be added, where necessary, to the EU contribution recovered pursuant to paragraph 5, calculated on the basis of:

7.   EU financing recovered under this Article shall be paid to the paying agency and deducted from expenditure financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund.

1.   Before 1 May each year, beneficiary organisations shall submit to the competent national authorities an annual report on the implementation of the work programmes during the preceding year of implementation. This report shall cover:

For the final year of implementation of the work programme, a final report shall replace the reports provided for in the first subparagraph.

2.   The final report shall evaluate the work programme and shall comprise at least the following:

3.   Data collected and studies drawn up in implementing the measures under Article 3(1)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014 shall be published on the internet site of the beneficiary organisation following completion of the relevant measure.

1.   Before the start of the new three-year work programme and at the latest by 31 January of the year following the end of the previous programme, the competent authorities shall notify to the Commission the national measures implementing this Regulation, and in particular those relating to:

2.   No later than 1 May of each year of implementation of the approved work programme, Member States shall transmit to the Commission data on:

3.   No later than 20 October of each year of implementation of the approved work programmes, the competent authorities shall transmit to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Regulation comprising at least the following information:

4.   The notifications referred to in this Article shall be made in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 792/2009 (4).

5.   The competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall publish on their internet sites all data collected and studies drawn up in execution of measures under Article 3(1)(a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014, upon completion thereof.