Article 7 Payment conditions and supporting documents
United Kingdom
The Community financial support referred to in Article 3 shall be paid on the basis of the following:
an official request for reimbursement, accompanied by a financial report in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article;
the supporting documents listed in Annex V, showing the costs of the various measures for which a Community contribution is requested;
an epidemiological report on each holding where the animals have been slaughtered and destroyed;
the results of the audits referred to in Article 10, where applicable.
The supporting documents referred to in point (b), together with all relevant information, including commercial information, shall be made available to the Commission, on request, for on-the-spot audits which it has to carry out.
The ‘adequate compensation’ section of the financial report referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be submitted in the form of an electronic file in accordance with Annex III within 60 calendar days from the date of notification of the specific decision establishing financial support.
F1The ‘ operational expenditure ’ section of the financial report referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be submitted in the form of an electronic file in accordance with Annex IV within 60 calendar days from the date of notification of the specific decision establishing financial support.
The Commission may extend the deadlines set out in the first and second subparagraphs where objective and well-founded justifications are put forward by Member States.
Member States shall, in accordance with national laws, regulations and administrative provisions, take the measures necessary to:
confirm the correctness and regularity of the operations financed for the purposes of disease eradication;
prevent and pursue irregularities;
recover sums lost as a result of irregularities or negligence;
provide swift and adequate compensation for owners referred to in point (a) of Article 3;
make advance arrangements for the use and public purchase of services and eligible equipment essential for crisis management, in particular for the slaughtering of animals, transport, destruction of carcasses, eggs and products, cleaning and disinfecting, in a manner which ensures the sound financial management of Member States’ own expenditure.
Member States shall inform the Commission, at its request, of the measures adopted for these purposes.
Official requests for reimbursement shall in any event cite the status of national administrative and legal procedures relating to operations financed, in particular the cases still pending, and shall state the financial amounts concerned and the reasons for such procedures.