Application procedure
Article 10
1. For the support referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Member States shall lay down rules on the application procedure, which shall include rules on: (a) the natural or legal persons that may submit applications in accordance with Article 17 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149; (b) the applicable compensation to the producer concerned; (c) the content of the application; (d) the submission and selection of applications, which shall include at least the deadlines for the submission of applications, for the examination of the suitability of each proposed action and for the notification of the results of the selection procedure to the operators; (e) the verification of compliance with the provisions on the conditions for the proper functioning, the eligibility criteria, ineligible actions and other objective criteria set out in Section 3 of Chapter II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149; (f) the selection of the applications, which shall at least include the weighting attributed to each priority criterion, where priority criteria are applied. 2. Member States may provide that in case the application is withdrawn without duly justified reason, the producer concerned is to bear the costs incurred in relation to the treatment of his application.