Application for and payment of Union financial assistance
Article 9
1. Producer organisations shall apply for the payment of the Union financial assistance referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6 by 31 January 2015. 2. Producer organisations shall apply for the payment of the total Union financial assistance referred to in Article 4 and 6 of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 72 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 by 31 January 2015. However, the first paragraph and the first sentence of the second paragraph of Article 72 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 and the ceiling of 80 % of the initially approved amount of aid in respect of an operational programme laid down in the third paragraph of that Article 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 Article 5 and 7. 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 Regulation.