Derogations from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014
Article 3
1. By way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014, the competent authority may accept amendments to a work programme provided that: (a) the proposed changes aim at amending and rescheduling after 31 March 2020 activities of the second implementation year of the three-year work programme that started on 1 April 2018; (b) the activities concerned did not take place in due time due to the obstacles arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; (c) the beneficiary organisation applies by 30 June 2020 for the partial payment, as referred to in Article 5a of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014, of the aid corresponding to the activities of the second implementation year that took place before 1 April 2020; (d) the Union financing of the concerned activities takes place in the framework of the second implementation year, in accordance with Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014. Paragraph 4 of Article 5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014 shall not be applicable to work programmes amended pursuant to point (d) of the first subparagraph of this Article. 2. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 6 of Article 2 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014, the two-month time limit shall not be applicable to the notification of amendments to a work programme provided that: (a) the proposed changes are related to activities of the third implementation year of the three-year work programme that started on 1 April 2018; (b) the activity originally planned did not or cannot take place in full or in part due to the obstacles arising from the COVID-19 pandemic; (c) the activity as amended shall take place after the acceptance by the competent authority.