Decision
Article 33
1. Member States shall: (a) approve amounts of operational funds and operational programmes which meet the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and those of this Chapter; (b) approve the operational programmes, on condition that certain amendments are accepted by the producer organisation; or (c) reject the operational programmes or parts thereof. 2. Member States shall take decisions on operational programmes and operational funds by 15 December of the year in which they are submitted. Member States shall notify the producer organisations of those decisions by 15 December. However, for duly justified reasons, such decisions may be taken after that date, but no later than 20 January following the date of submission. The approval decision may provide that expenditure is eligible from 1 January of the year following the submission.