Article 21 Final amount of the aid

The Commission shall fix, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003, the final amount of the aid referred to in Article 4(2) of that Regulation. This amount shall be calculated on the basis of the notifications from the Member States, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) of this Regulation.

Where, as a result of subsequent checks, one or more Member States submits a second, duly substantiated, notification in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 33(1) correcting the first upward, the second notification will be taken into consideration only if the final amount of the aid, calculated on the basis of the first notification, is not affected. The quantities of dried fodder which are not taken into consideration as a result will, in that case, be allocated to the following marketing year.

The balance provided for in Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1786/2003 shall be paid, where appropriate, within 60 days of the date on which the Commission publishes the final amount of the aid for the marketing year concerned in the Official Journal of the European Union.