Article 16
United Kingdom
Without prejudice to paragraph 2, subject to the results of the checks carried out, the Member States shall pay the advance referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 from 16 October of each marketing year.
Payment of at least 25 % of the advance shall be deferred in the case of:
producers who lodge an aid application for production:
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that is more than twice the quantity resulting from the application to the number of olive trees declared of the average yield of the homogeneous zone in which the holding is mostly located,
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that comes mainly from a homogeneous zone for which aid applications correspond to total production exceeding by more than 30 % the quantity resulting from the application of the average yield for the zone to the number of olive trees on the holdings which are mostly located in that zone;
producers whose production comes mainly from mills for which it has been proposed that approval be withdrawn for a period of between one and five years.
The margins by which the quantities resulting from average yields are exceeded, as referred to in point a, may be adjusted up or down by about 20 % by the Member States before 15 October of each marketing year taking account of the yields of the regional area.
Payment of the advance shall be suspended until 1 April following the end of the marketing year concerned in the cases referred to in point a, or until a decision is taken on the proposals as referred to in point b. However, Member States may decide not to suspend payment of the advance or to reduce the period of suspension in cases where an additional analysis provides objective proof of the yield given in the declarations of the party concerned.
After carrying out all the requisite checks and subject to the results thereof, the Member States shall pay the balance of the aid to producers within 90 days of the fixing by the Commission of actual production for the marketing year concerned and of the unit amount of production aid as provided for in Article 17a(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84.
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