Payment of EU funding
Article 5
1. For the purposes of payment of EU financing under Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, a beneficiary organisation shall lodge an application for financing with the paying agency of the Member State by a date to be determined by the Member State but no later than 30 June of the year following each year of implementation of the work programme. The paying agency of the Member State may pay beneficiary organisations the balance of EU financing corresponding to each year of implementation of the work programme after checking, on the basis of the annual report referred to in Article 9 or the inspection report referred to in Article 7, that the measures corresponding to each instalment of the advance referred to in Article 3(3) have actually been carried out. Any application for EU financing submitted after 30 June shall be ineligible and any amounts paid as an advance on financing of the work programme shall be repaid in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 8. 2. Applications for EU financing shall be drawn up in accordance with a model to be provided by the competent authority of the Member State. To be eligible, an application shall be accompanied by: (a) a summary report comprising the following elements: (i) a detailed description of the stages of the work programme that have been implemented, broken down by areas and measures as detailed in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014; (ii) where appropriate, the justification for and the financial repercussions of the gaps between the stages of the work programme approved by the Member State and the stages of the work programme actually implemented; (iii) an evaluation of the work programme as implemented based on the criteria laid down in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014; (b) invoices and bank documents providing payment of the expenses incurred during the period of implementation of the work programme, (c) where appropriate, documentary proof of payment of the financial contributions of beneficiary organisations and of the Member State concerned. 3. Applications for financing which do not comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be deemed ineligible and rejected. The beneficiary organisation concerned may submit a new application for financing together with the justificatory evidence and missing elements within a time period to be established by the Member State. 4. Applications concerning expenditure for measures carried out that have been paid more than two months after the end of the period of implementation of the work programme shall be rejected. 5. No later than three months after the date of submission of the application for financing and the supporting documents referred to in paragraph 2, and once they have carried out the examination of the supporting documents and the checks referred to in Article 6, the Member State shall pay the EU financing that is due and, as appropriate, release the security referred to in Article 4. The security referred to in Article 7(3)(g) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 611/2014 shall be released after completion of the entire work programme, examination of the supporting documents and the checks referred to in Article 6.