Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1449 of 12 June 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 as regards payment of the aid, transfers between allocations and administrative checks

1 Member States that decide to pay advances of aid, in accordance with Article 44(3b) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116, shall determine the form, content, frequency and deadline of applications for advances of aid submitted by aid applicants.

2 Member States shall specify the documents that shall be submitted in support of applications for advances of aid, including the documents necessary to calculate the amount that the applicants are entitled to.’

1 Advances of aid shall only be paid by the competent authority upon presentation of an application in accordance with Article 3a of this Regulation and, where the lodging of the security referred to in Article 15b of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127 is required, of the documentary evidence of the lodging of the security, unless the competent authority already has proof that the security has been lodged.

2 Aid for the reimbursement of the expenses incurred in the implementation of the school scheme shall only be paid by the competent authority upon presentation of an application together with the required supporting evidence in accordance with Article 4. Aid shall be paid within 3 months of the date of submission of the aid application unless administrative inquiries have been initiated. Where an advance has been paid, the payment of the aid equals the difference between the amount of the aid to be paid and the amount of the advance paid.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Article 1(2) to (4) and (6) shall apply to aid as from school year 2023/2024.