Amendments to work programmes
Article 2
1. Beneficiary organisations may, in accordance with a procedure to be laid down by the Member State, request amendments to the content and budget of their approved work programme, provided that the amendments do not involve an overrun on the amount allocated to the Member State in question pursuant to Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. All requests for amendments to a work programme, including merging different work programmes, shall be accompanied by supporting documents setting out the reasons for and the nature and implications of the proposed changes. Requests shall be submitted by beneficiary organisations to the competent authority of the Member State at the latest by 31 December of the year preceding the year of implementation of the work programme. 3. In the event of a merger, beneficiary organisations that were previously carrying out separate work programmes shall operate the separate programmes in parallel until 1 January of the year following the merger. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, Member States may authorise beneficiary organisations which so request, for duly substantiated reasons, to implement their respective work programmes in parallel without merging them. 4. Amendments to a work programme shall become applicable two months after the request for amendments has been received by the competent authority unless the competent authority considers that the amendments submitted do not meet the applicable conditions. In this case, it shall inform the beneficiary organisation which shall, if necessary, submit a revised its work programme. 5. In the event that the EU financing obtained by the beneficiary organisation is less than the amount in the approved work programme, a beneficiaries may adapt its programme to the financing obtained. The beneficiary shall ask the competent authority to approve such an amendment to the work programme. 6. By way of derogation to paragraphs 2 and 4, the competent authority may, during the implementation of a work programme, accept amendments to a work programme measure provided that: (a) the amendment to the measure is notified to the competent authority by the beneficiary organisation two months before the start of implementation of the measure in question; (b) the notification is accompanied by supporting documentation specifying the aim, nature and implications of the proposed amendment and demonstrates that the amendment concerned does not alter the initial objective of the work programme; (c) the budget allocated to the measure in question remains stable; (d) the financial breakdown to other measures in the area of the measure concerned does not exceed EUR 40 000. 7. If the competent authority does not issue any objections based on non-compliance with the conditions indicated in paragraph 6 within one month of notification of the amendment of the measure, the amendment shall be deemed to have been accepted.