Application procedure
Article 14
For the support referred to in Article 50 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 32 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 the examination of the suitability of each proposed action and for the notification of the results of the selection procedure to the operators; (c) the verification of compliance with the provisions on eligible actions and costs, eligibility criteria, priority criteria and other objective criteria set out in Section 6 of Chapter II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149; (d) the selection of the applications, which shall at least include the weighting attributed to each priority criterion; (e) arrangements for the payment of advances and the provision of securities.