Article 3 Annual report
United Kingdom
An annual progress report on the implementation of measures and penalties referred to in Article 2(1), (2) and (3), including an assessment of their effects, shall be submitted to the Commission by 30 April each year. The first progress report shall be submitted by 30 April 2002 and shall cover the measures and penalties implemented during the years 2000 and 2001.
Each progress report shall contain the following information:
a summary of available physical and financial data on the implementation of the measures and any penalties as referred to in Article 2(1), (2) and (3) followed by an analysis of this data including details of any major problems incurred;
an assessment of progress towards meeting the stated operational objectives, based on the information provided under point (a).
Where the report is not received by 30 April each year or is obviously incomplete, the Commission shall suspend for the Member States concerned the payment of the advance relating to expenditure under subheading 1A of the EAGGF Guarantee Section as follows:
if the report is not received by 15 May or is obviously incomplete at this date, an amount equivalent to the amounts deducted pursuant to Article 3(2) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 between 1 May and 15 October of the previous year shall be withheld from the advances to be paid at the beginning of June;
if the report is received after 15 June or is obviously incomplete after this date, an amount equivalent to the amounts deducted pursuant to Article 3(2) and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 between 16 October and 30 April shall be withheld from the advances to be paid at the beginning of July.
Payment for the Member States concerned of the amount withheld in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon receipt of the complete report and shall be made together with the second advance paid thereafter.