Application for and payment of Union financial assistance
Article 11
1. Producer organisations shall apply for the payment of the Union financial assistance referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 by a date to be determined by the Member State. That date shall be fixed by the Member State and it shall be at least one week before the latest date for the notification to the Commission of the information referred to in Article 12(1). 2. By way of derogation from the first and second paragraphs of Article 72 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, producer organisations shall apply for the payment of the total Union financial assistance referred to in Article 3 and 5 of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 72 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 by the date referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. The ceiling of 80 % of the initially approved amount of aid in respect of an operational programme laid down in the third paragraph of Article 72 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 shall not apply. 3. Producers not being members of a recognised producer organisation and not having signed a contract with a recognised producer organisation shall, by the date referred to in paragraph 1, apply themselves to the competent authorities designated by the Member States for the payment of Union financial assistance for the purposes of Articles 4 and 6. 4. The applications referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be accompanied by supporting documents justifying the amount of Union financial assistance concerned and contain a written undertaking that the applicant has not received and will not receive any double Union or national funding or compensation under an insurance policy in respect of the operations qualifying for Union financial assistance under this Chapter.