Article 23 Submission of aid applications
United Kingdom
F1In the case of tomatoes, peaches and pears, producer organisations shall submit their aid applications to the competent authorities of the Member State in which their head office is situated, provided that that Member State has a processing threshold for the product concerned specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. The quantity for which aid is sought shall count against the threshold for the Member State in which the raw material is produced.
Processors of prunes and dried figs shall submit aid applications to the competent authorities of the Member State in which processing is carried out.
In the case of tomatoes, peaches and pears, only one aid application may be submitted per marketing year. Applications must reach the competent authorities no later than the following dates of the marketing year concerned:
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30 November for tomatoes. However, Member States may postpone the date for lodging applications to 15 December,
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31 January for peaches and pears.
Applications for advance payment of the aid may be submitted under the conditions laid down in Article 25.
In the case of prunes, processors may submit three aid applications for each marketing year:
the first for products processed up to 15 January,
the second for products processed from 16 January to 30 April, and
the third for products processed from 1 May to the end of the marketing year concerned.
Aid applications as referred to in (a) and (b) shall be submitted within 30 days of expiry of the processing period concerned and applications as referred to in (c) by 14 August of the marketing year in progress.
In the case of dried figs, processors may submit three aid applications for each marketing year:
the first for products processed up to 30 November;
the second for products processed from 1 December to the end of February, and
the third for products processed from 1 March to the end of the marketing year concerned.
Aid applications as referred to in (a) and (b) shall be submitted within 30 days following expiry of the processing period concerned and applications as referred to in (c) by 31 October of the following marketing year.
If aid applications are submitted after the deadlines specified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the aid shall be reduced by 1 % per day of delay and no aid shall be granted if the application is more than 15 days late.
However, in exceptional and duly justified cases, Member States may accept aid applications after those deadlines, provided that this does not hinder effective checks on the production aid scheme. In this case, paragraph 5 shall not apply.