General rules for aid application system
Article 3
1. Member States shall set up an electronic system for aid applications, which shall be submitted by the beneficiaries annually and contain all necessary information allowing Member States to verify the eligibility conditions for support at least for the interventions referred to in Article 65(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 as well as conditions and requirements relevant to conditionality and payment entitlements, where necessary. The system shall allow clear and unambiguous identification of beneficiaries, in particular where the automatic claim system referred to in Article 65(4), point (f), of that Regulation is used. The system shall include the geo-spatial application system and, where applicable, the animal-based application system as referred to in Article 66(1), point (b), of that Regulation. 2. The aid applications shall be submitted within a deadline set by the Member State and relate to the calendar year of submission. 3. Member States may provide for a single aid application covering several interventions referred to in Article 65(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, payment entitlements and conditionality. 4. Member States may decide that a group of beneficiaries can jointly submit an aid application, provided equal treatment of all beneficiaries is ensured. 5. Where a holding is transferred from one beneficiary to another, Member States shall consider only one aid application for that holding in the year of the transfer. 6. For animal-based interventions under Articles 31, 34 and 70 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, where an animal is transferred from one beneficiary to another, Member States may consider more than one aid application for that animal in the year of the transfer provided that they can ensure non-discrimination among the beneficiaries concerned, the efficiency of the checks, a fair application of eventual penalties, and the respect of the annuality of the integrated system. 7. For the proper administration of interventions within a Member State and where more than one paying agency is responsible for managing the aid application of the same beneficiary, Member State concerned shall take all the appropriate measures to ensure that the necessary information is made available to all paying agencies involved.