Article 3
1
Applications for assistance relating to expenditure to be incurred in the following year or, in the case of multiannual operations, years for operations under Article 3 (2) of Decision 83/516/EEC must be submitted by the Member States by 21 October of each year in order to be taken into consideration.
2
Urgent applications must be introduced by Member States at least one month before the beginning of the operation. A detailed justification for the urgency must be attached to the form given in Annex 1.