Article 5 Aid certificate and payment
United Kingdom
Aid shall be granted on presentation of a certificate (hereinafter referred to as ‘aid certificate’), which has been fully utilised.
Presenting an aid certificate to the authorities responsible for making payments shall be tantamount to applying for the aid. Except in cases of force majeure or exceptional climatic conditions, certificates shall be presented within 30 days of the date on which they are charged. Where that time limit is overrun, the aid shall be reduced by 5 % per day of delay.
The aid shall be paid by the competent authorities not later than 90 days after the date on which the utilised certificate is lodged, except in one of the following cases:
force majeure or exceptional climatic conditions;
where an administrative enquiry has been opened concerning entitlement to the aid; in such case, payment shall take place only after entitlement has been recognised.
Aid certificates shall be drawn up on the basis of the specimen import licence set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239.
Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 and Articles 2 and 3, Article 4(1), Articles 5 and 7 and 13 to 16 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply mutatis mutandis , without prejudice to this Regulation.
The negative tolerance provided for in Article 5(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1237 and Article 8(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1239 shall apply mutatis mutandis .
One of the entries listed in Part E of Annex I shall be printed or stamped in the upper left-hand box of the certificate.
Boxes 7 and 8 of the certificate shall be struck out.
Box 20 of aid certificate applications and of aid certificates themselves shall contain one of the entries listed in Part F of Annex I and one of the entries listed in Part G of Annex I.
Box 12 of aid certificates shall show the last day of validity.
The amount of aid applicable shall be that in force on the day on which the application for the aid certificate was lodged.
The competent authorities shall issue aid certificates at the request of the parties concerned, subject to the limits of the forecast supply balances.