Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1020/2012 is amended as follows:
(1)
the following Article 1a is inserted:
‘Article 1a
By way of derogation from Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, the implementation period of the 2013 annual distribution plan shall finish on 28 February 2014.’;
(2)
in Article 4, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘By way of derogation from Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010, for the 2013 distribution plan, requests for payment shall be submitted to the competent authorities of each Member State by 15 October 2013.’;
(3)
Article 5 is amended as follows:
(a)
in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:
‘(b)
they have taken all measures to ensure that the implementation shall be completed not later than 28 February 2014.’;
(b)
the following paragraph 5a is inserted:
‘5a. The operators selected in accordance with Article 4(4) and (6) of Regulation (EU) No 807/2010 and the designated organisations referred to in Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall provide to the competent authority of the Member State which granted the advance payment the following information:
(a)
costs statements justifying, by cost item, the use of the advances until 15 October 2013; and
(b)
a confirmation, by cost item, of the balance of unused advances remaining on 15 October 2013.
Member States shall fix the date of transmission of the information referred to in the first subparagraph to allow it to be included in the notification referred to in paragraph 6.’;
(c)
paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:
‘6. No later than 1 February 2014, Member States shall notify the Commission, with the information referred to in Article 7(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 ( *1 ) , of the total amount of the advance payments made by 15 October 2013 in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article which have not been cleared and which relate to operations that have not yet been completed.
( *1 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 of 21 June 2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the accreditation of paying agencies and other bodies and the clearance of the accounts of the EAGF and of the EAFRD ( OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 90 ).’
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