Quality assessment of the geo-spatial application system
Article 4
1. The annual quality assessment referred to in Article 69(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 shall assess the reliability of information in the geo-spatial application and the correctness of the information used for the reporting on the indicators referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. In particular, the quality assessment shall assess the completeness and correctness of the information pre-filled in the geo-spatial application, the completeness and correctness of the guiding alerts provided to the beneficiaries during the application process and the traceability of all changes registered in the geo-spatial applications after its submission. 2. The quality assessment shall comprise the following: (a) verification that the information used by the Member State to pre-fill the geo-spatial application was complete, correct and up-to-date; (b) verification by the Member State that the area declared by the beneficiary for an area-based intervention was correctly established in relation to the applicable eligibility conditions; (c) verification that, to the extent possible, all eligibility conditions of interventions and, where relevant conditionality requirements, were taken into account for the issuing of guiding alerts by the Member State to beneficiaries during the application process; (d) verification that all amendments of the geo-spatial application after its submission were registered by the Member State in a way that it is possible to trace if they resulted from an area monitoring system warning, an action of the beneficiary or from any other source. 3. The quality assessment provided for in paragraph 2, points (a), (c) and (d), shall be carried out by means of IT testing and reperformance of the application process on a representative sample of aid applications. 4. For the verification under paragraph 2, point (b), the quality assessment shall be carried out by means of visits in situ or analysis of imagery of the same calendar year and of at least the same quality as required for the quality assessment referred to in Article 68(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116. That verification shall be performed by measurement of the area declared in respect to an intervention on the sample selected for the quality assessment of the area monitoring system referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation. 5. Member States shall ensure that all area-based interventions managed by the integrated system are included in the samples referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and verified in the quality assessment process. 6. In case the results of the quality assessment reveal deficiencies, Member State shall propose adequate remedial actions.