Application procedure
Article 13
For the support referred to in Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Member States shall lay down rules on the application procedure, which shall include rules on: (a) the natural or legal persons that may submit applications in accordance with Article 27 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149; (b) the submission and selection of applications, which shall include at least the deadlines for the submission of applications, for their examination and for the notification of the results of the selection procedure to the operators; (c) the verification of compliance with the conditions for the proper functioning adopted pursuant to Article 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 and other objective criteria set out in Section 5 of Chapter II of that Regulation; (d) the selection of the applications, which shall at least include the weighting attributed to each priority criterion, where priority criteria are applied; (e) the conclusion of contracts including possible standard forms; (f) payments to beneficiaries, including through insurance companies in accordance with Article 28 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149.