Article 26 Questionnaire
United Kingdom
Before 1 September each year the Member States shall communicate to the Commission the questionnaire set out in Annex I, duly completed pursuant to Article 8(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003.
Portugal shall complete the questionnaire providing additional information in order to distinguish calculation of the levy between mainland and Azores pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001f1.
Where the requirements of paragraph 1 are not met, the Commission shall withhold a flat-rate amount, in accordance with Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000f2, from advances on the entry in the accounts of the agricultural expenditure of the Member States. That amount shall be equal to the levy payable for a theoretical overrun of the overall reference quantity concerned calculated as follows:
where the questionnaire is not forwarded by 1 September or if data essential for calculating the levy are missing, the percentage of the theoretical overrun shall be 0,005 % for each week of delay;
if a discrepancy of more than 10 % is found between the sum of the quantities delivered or sold directly, as notified in the updates provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article, and those given in the initial response to the questionnaire, the percentage of the theoretical overrun shall be 0,05 %.
Where the information required by the questionnaire changes, in particular as a result of the checks provided for in Articles 18 to 21, the Member State concerned shall communicate an update of the questionnaire to the Commission before 1 December, 1 March, 1 June and 1 September each year.