France shall carry out administrative and physical checks in accordance with Articles 58 and 59 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).
In particular, the French authorities shall verify:
the eligibility of the applicant submitting the request for support;
for each eligible applicant: the eligibility, the quantity and the value of the actual loss of production;
that funding has not been received by any eligible applicant from any other sources to compensate the losses referred to in Article 2.
For eligible applicants for which administrative checks are completed, aid can be paid without waiting for all checks being made notably those on applicants selected for on-the-spot checks.
In cases where the eligibility of an applicant was not confirmed, the aid shall be recovered and sanctions applied.
Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549).