Submission and substantial modifications of Union surveillance programmes
Article 9
1. Member States shall submit to the Commission their Union surveillance programmes by 31 May of the year preceding the year of their start of application. 2. The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall: (a) include at least the information listed in Article 11(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/689; (b) be submitted electronically, using the standard electronic templates provided for that purpose. 3. The programmes referred to in paragraph 1 that have been submitted to the Commission as the technical part of applications for Union funding are considered to be submitted in accordance with paragraph 1. 4. In case of substantial modifications of ongoing Union surveillance programmes, Member States shall update and resubmit them.