General provisions pertaining to the single application and to the submission of applications for support under rural development measures
Article 12
1. If Member States decide pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 that the aid applications for direct payments and payment claims for rural development measures are to be covered by the single application, Articles 20, 21 and 22 of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the particular requirements established in view of the aid application and/or payment claim under those schemes or measures. 2. A beneficiary applying for aid and/or support under any of the area-related direct payments or rural development measures may submit only one single application per year. 3. Member States shall provide for appropriate procedures for the submission of applications for support under rural development measures.