Article 2
Application 1. The competent authority shall send an application form (hereinafter "a simplified aid application") to farmers, who have expressed a wish to apply for aid under the simplified scheme, indicating: (a) the amount to which the farmer is entitled according to Article 2a(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1259/1999 (hereinafter "the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme"); (b) the number of hectares and/or livestock premium rights, to be blocked in the sense of Article 8(1) of this Regulation during the participation in the simplified scheme, and/or animals as established in accordance with Article 4 and Article 12(3); (c) the prohibition on transfer provided for in Article 5. For Member States that have not adopted the euro the amount to be granted under the simplified scheme shall be converted into their national currency using the exchange rate applicable on 1 January of each calendar year in respect of which the amount is granted. 2. The simplified aid application, duly approved and signed without reservation by the farmer, accompanied, where appropriate, by the declarations provided for in Articles 11(1) and 12(1), shall be submitted to the competent authority by a date to be fixed by the Member State concerned which shall not be later than 1st September. In case of late submission of the application within the meaning of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001, the reduction provided for in the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of that Regulation shall only apply to the amount payable for the first year of participation in the simplified scheme. A simplified aid application shall be treated as an aid application within the meaning of Article 2(i) and (j) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001.