Mutual assistance
Article 45
1. During the first three months following the EAGF financial year of payment, Member States shall send a list of the undertakings referred to in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to each Member State in which such an undertaking is established. The list shall contain all the details necessary to enable the Member State of destination to identify the undertakings and to undertake its scrutiny obligations. The Member State of destination shall be responsible for the scrutiny of such undertakings in accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. A copy of each list shall be sent to the Commission. The Member State receiving or making the payment may ask the Member State in which the undertaking is established to scrutinise some of the undertakings on that list in accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, indicating why it is necessary to make such a request and in particular the risks associated with it. The Member State receiving the request shall take due account of the risks associated with the undertaking, which shall be communicated by the requesting Member State. The requested Member State shall inform the requesting Member State of the follow-up accorded to the request. Where scrutiny of an undertaking on the list takes place, the requested Member State that carried out the scrutiny shall inform the requesting Member State of the results of that scrutiny at the latest three months after the end of the scrutiny period. An overview of such requests shall be sent to the Commission on a quarterly basis, within one month after the end of each quarter. The Commission may require that a copy of individual requests be provided. The list of undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VI. 2. The list of undertakings referred to in Article 83(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VII to this Regulation. 3. A request by a Member State for a scrutiny concerning an undertaking in another Member State, as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VIII to this Regulation. 4. The information on the results of the scrutinies referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex IX to this Regulation. 5. The overview of the requests referred to in the fifth subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, including the results of the scrutinies, shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex X to this Regulation. 6. The information to be provided under paragraph 1 shall be communicated in electronic form in the format provided for in Section 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 991/2013.