Modifications of support programmes
Article 3
1. Revised programmes referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be submitted to the Commission in the form set out in Annex I to this Regulation including, where applicable, the revised financial planning in the form set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. Member States referred to in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 need not submit the form set out in Annex IV. Member States shall bear the responsibility for expenditure between the date on which their support programme revision is received by the Commission and the date of its applicability according to Article 5(2) second subparagraph of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008. 2. Except in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, changes in respect of support programmes shall not be submitted more than twice per financial year. If a Member State finds it necessary to modify its support programme, it shall submit it by 1 March and by 30 June of each year at the latest with, where appropriate: (a) updated versions of the support programme in the form set out in Annex I and of the financial table in the form set out in Annex IV; (b) the reasons for the proposed changes. Any transfer concerning the measure as referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 shall be notified before 1 December preceding the calendar year in which the Single Payment Scheme will be applicable.