Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1362/2014 of 18 December 2014 laying down rules on a simplified procedure for the approval of certain amendments to operational programmes financed under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and rules concerning the format and presentation of the annual reports on the implementation of those programmes

1 When a Member State submits to the Commission a request for approval of an amendment to its operational programme falling under the scope of Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, it shall ask the Commission to approve that amendment by simplified procedure pursuant to this Article.

2 Requests for approval by simplified procedure shall only include amendments listed in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.

3 Where the Commission considers that information provided by the Member State concerned with regard to an amendment submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 is incomplete, it shall request all necessary additional information. The period laid down in paragraphs 4 and 5 shall begin on the day following the receipt of a complete request for approval of an amendment to its operational programme as indicated by the Commission to the Member State.

4 Where the Commission has not sent to the Member State any observations within 25 working days from receiving a request for approval by simplified procedure, the amendment to the operational programme shall be deemed to have been approved by the Commission.

5 Where the Commission has sent observations to the Member State within 25 working days from receiving the request for approval by simplified procedure, the amendment to the operational programme shall be approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.

The content of the annual implementation report as set out in Article 50 of the Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and in Article 114(2) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, shall be presented in accordance with the model set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.