Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

CHAPTER IV Transparency

Article 111 Publication of beneficiaries

1. Member States shall ensure annual ex-post publication of the beneficiaries of the Funds. The publication shall contain:

(a) without prejudice to the first paragraph of Article 112 of this Regulation, the name of the beneficiary, as follows:

(i)

the first name and the surname where the beneficiary is a natural person;

(ii)

the full legal name as registered where the beneficiary is a legal person with the autonomous legal personality pursuant to the legislation of the Member State concerned;

(iii)

the full name of the association as registered or otherwise officially recognised where the beneficiary is an association without an own legal personality;

(b) the municipality where the beneficiary is resident or is registered and, where available, the postal code or the part thereof identifying the municipality;

(c) the amounts of payment corresponding to each measure financed by the Funds received by each beneficiary in the financial year concerned;

(d) the nature and the description of the measures financed by either of the Funds and under which the payment referred to in point (c) is awarded.

The information referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made available on a single website per Member State. It shall remain available for two years from the date of the initial publication.

2. As regards the payments corresponding to the measures financed by the EAFRD as referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, the amounts to be published shall correspond to the total public funding, including both the Union and the national contribution.

Article 112 Threshold

Member States shall not publish the name of a beneficiary as provided for in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 111(1) of this Regulation in the following situations:

(a)

in the case of Member States establishing the Small farmers scheme provided for in Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, where the amount of aid received in one year by a beneficiary is equal to or less than the amount fixed by the Member State as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 63(1) or the second subparagraph of Article 63(2) of that Regulation;

(b)

in the case of Member States not establishing the Small farmers scheme provided for in Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, where the amount of aid received in one year by a beneficiary is equal to or less than EUR 1 250.

Where point (a) of the first subparagraph applies, the amounts fixed by the Member States pursuant to Article 63 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 and notified to the Commission under that Regulation shall be made public by the Commission in accordance with the rules adopted under Article 114.

Where the first paragraph of this Article applies the Member States shall publish the information referred to in points (b), (c) and (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 111(1) and the beneficiary shall be identified by a code. Member States shall decide on the form of that code.

Article 113 Information of the beneficiaries

Member States shall inform the beneficiaries that their data will be made public in accordance with Article 111 and that the data may be processed by auditing and investigating bodies of the Union and the Member States for the purpose of safeguarding the Union's financial interests.

In accordance with the requirements of Directive 95/46/EC, where personal data is concerned, the Member States shall inform the beneficiaries of their rights under the data protection rules and of the procedures applicable for exercising those rights.

Article 114 Commission powers

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules on:

(a)

the form, including the way of presentation by measure, and the calendar of the publication foreseen in Articles 111 and 112;

(b)

the uniform application of Article 113;

(c)

the cooperation between the Commission and Member States.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 116(3).