TITLE II

INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM
CHAPTER II

Aid applications and payment claims
Section 3

Other applications

Requirements pertaining to livestock aid application and to payment claims under animal-related support measures
Article 21
1.
A livestock aid application as defined in point (15) of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014 or payment claim under animal-related support measures as defined in point (14) of the second subparagraph of Article 2(1) of that Regulation shall contain all information necessary to establish eligibility for the aid and/or support, and in particular:
1. the identity of the beneficiary;
2. a reference to the single application if it has already been submitted;
3. the number of animals of each type in respect of which a livestock aid application or a payment claim is being submitted and, for bovines, the identification code of the animals;
4. where applicable, an undertaking by the beneficiary to keep the animals referred to in point (c) on his holding during a period, determined by the Member State, and information on the location or locations where the animals will be held including the period concerned;
5. where appropriate, any supporting documents needed to establish the eligibility for the scheme or measure concerned;
6. a statement by the beneficiary that he is aware of the conditions pertaining to the aid and/or support in question.
2.
Every animal keeper shall have the right to obtain from the competent authority without constraint, at reasonable intervals and without excessive delay, information on the data relating to him and his animals kept in the computerised database for animals. When submitting his livestock aid application or payment claim, the beneficiary shall declare that that data is correct and complete or he shall rectify incorrect or complete missing data.
3.
Member States may decide that some of the information referred to in paragraph 1 need not to be included in the livestock aid application or payment claim, where it has already been communicated to the competent authority.
4.
Member States may introduce procedures by which data contained in the computerised database for animals may be used for the purposes of the livestock aid application or payment claim, provided that the computerised database for animals offers the level of assurance and implementation necessary for the proper management of the aid schemes or support measures involved at the level of individual animals.
The procedures referred to in the first subparagraph may consist of a system according to which a beneficiary may apply for aid and/or support in respect of all animals which, at a date or during a period determined by the Member State, qualify for aid and/or support on the basis of the data contained in the computerised database for animals.
In that case, Member States shall take the necessary measures to guarantee that:
1. in accordance with the provisions applicable to the aid scheme and/or support measure in question, the date or the period referred to in the second subparagraph are clearly identified and known to the beneficiary;
2. the beneficiary is aware that any potentially eligible animals found not to be correctly identified or registered in the system for the identification and registration for animals shall count as animals found with non-compliances as referred to in Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 640/2014.
4a.
For short production-cycle species supported under Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 Member States may, in the absence of a computerised database, introduce procedures by which data contained in the slaughter certificates or in other supporting documents are to be used for the purposes of the livestock payment claim. Those data shall offer the level of assurance and implementation necessary for the proper management of the support measure involved at the level of individual animals.
The procedures referred to in the first subparagraph may consist of a system according to which a beneficiary applies for support in respect of all animals which, at a date or during a period determined by the Member State, qualify for support on the basis of the data contained in the slaughter certificates or in other supporting documents.
In that case, Member States shall take the necessary measures to guarantee that in accordance with the provisions applicable to the support measure in question, the date or the period referred to in the second subparagraph are clearly identified and known to the beneficiary.
5.
Member States may provide that some of the information referred to in paragraph 1 can or shall be forwarded via a body or bodies approved by them. However, the beneficiary shall remain responsible for the data transmitted.
Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1242 of 10 July 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross-compliance.