{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/595",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Questionnaire",
  "text": "1. 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.\nPortugal 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 1453/2001.\n2. 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 2040/2000, 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:\n(a) 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;\n(b) 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 %.\n3. 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/595/article/26",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}