means the quantity of a product consigned by one consignor to one consignee, presented under a single custom declaration for release for free circulation.
shall mean a project, contract or arrangement, or other action included in a given support programme, corresponding to any of the activities under the measures referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2008 and implemented by one or more beneficiaries.
eu/reg/2008/555
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Regulation · Commission Regulation (EC) No 555/2008
2.As an exception to paragraph 1, the Member States may provide for support for a given operation, or for all the operations covered by the support application, to be advanced to producers before that any operation has been implemented, provided that implementation has begun and the beneficiary has lodged a security. For the purposes of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85note, the obligation shall be to implement the operations concerned by the end of the second wine year following payment of the advance.That period may be adjusted by the Member State in cases where:
(a)areas concerned are part of an area which has suffered a natural disaster recognised by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned;
(b)planned operations cannot be implemented because the plant material suffers health problems which have been certified by a body recognised by the Member State concerned.
In order for support to be paid in advance, any previous operation carried out on the same area, for which the producer also received support in advance, must have been fully implemented.If checks show that the measure covered by the aid application, and for which an advance has been paid, has not been fully implemented, the Member States may decide to apply a penalty.