# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, Article 33: Decision

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The appropriate authority shall:
(a) approve amounts of operational funds and operational programmes which meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and those of this Chapter;
(b) approve the operational programmes, on condition that certain amendments are accepted by the producer organisation; or
(c) reject the operational programmes or parts thereof.
2. The appropriate authority shall take decisions on operational programmes and operational funds by 15 December of the year in which they are submitted.
The appropriate authority shall notify the producer organisations of those decisions by 15 December.
However, for duly justified reasons, such decisions may be taken after that date, but no later than 20 January following the date of submission. The approval decision may provide that expenditure is eligible from 1 January of the year following the submission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/891/article/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-891/article-33
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