Article 7
United Kingdom
Applications for compensatory id and advances shall be submitted to the competent authorities designated by each Member State in which the products are harvested.
Applications shall be submitted:
in the case of advances, at the latest on 30 March, 30 May, 30 July, 30 September and 30 November of the marketing year and at the latest on 30 January of the year following that in respect of which the aid is applied for, for bananas marketed during the two-month period preceding the month of application;
in the case of payment of the balance of the aid, at the latest on 10 February of the year following that in respect of which the aid is applied for.
The balance shall comprise the adjustment to the amounts paid for bananas marketed during the periods referred to in point (a), on the basis of the definitive amount of aid.
F2Where applications for payment of the balance are submitted after the date referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, a 1 % reduction per working day shall be applied to the amount of the balance to which the producer would have been entitled had the application been submitted in time. Where the delay exceeds 15 days, the application shall be inadmissible.
In duly justified exceptional cases, the competent authority may accept applications for payment of the balance after the date referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph, if this delay does not prevent the checks under Article 10(1) from going ahead. In such cases the provisions of the preceding subparagraph shall not apply.
Applications shall include the following information at least:
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the names, first names and addresses of the individual producers,
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the name and address of the producers' organization submitting the application,
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F3the quantities of bananas produced and marketed during the period in question. Such quantities shall be broken down into the bananas referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) and those referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph. Applications for the balance shall cover the total quantities marketed during the year in question, broken down in the same way.
Applications shall be accompanied by the following:
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the certificates of conformity or, if appropriate, the certificate of exemption referred to in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2898/95 f1 ,
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sales invoices,
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the transport documents, in the case of bananas marketed outside the production region.
The documents submitted must prove that the goods have been accepted by the buyer.
Applications without the information referred to in paragraph 3 and not accompanied by the supporting documents and proofs mentioned in paragraph 4 shall be inadmissible.
Applications for payment of the balance may not be accompanied by supporting documents submitted for applications for advances.
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