Procedure for the notification and the assessment of the practices included in the specific commitments or certification schemes
Article 10
1. The notifications referred to in Article 43(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be made by 1 August 2014 in case of application in 2015 or by 1 July preceding the year of application in case of application after 2015. Those notifications may be modified once a year, provided that the Commission is notified thereof by 1 July preceding the year of application of the modification. 2. For the commitments referred to in Article 43(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the notifications to the Commission shall clearly describe the practices covered by the commitment and shall indicate which practices referred to in Article 43(2) of that Regulation they are equivalent to and by which of the equivalent practices listed in Annex IX to that Regulation they are deemed to be covered. Those notifications shall include a reference to the relevant commitments under the rural development programme submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 6 ) or approved by the Commission pursuant to Article 18(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 ( 7 ) . 3. For certification schemes referred to in Article 43(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the notifications to the Commission shall clearly describe the practices covered by the certification scheme and shall indicate which practices referred to in Article 43(2) of that Regulation they are equivalent to and by which of the equivalent practices listed in Annex IX to that Regulation they are deemed to be covered. 4. When the assessment carried out by the Commission concludes that the notified practices included in the specific commitments or certification schemes are not covered by the list in Annex IX to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, the Commission shall inform the Member State thereof within three months after receipt of the notification. The Member State may provide supplementary information within one month after the receipt of the Commission’s information. The implementing act provided for in the second subparagraph of Article 43(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 shall be adopted within seven months after receipt of the initial notification.