Exceptions to the decommitment rules

1.   The amount concerned by decommitment shall be reduced by the amounts equivalent to that part of the budget commitment for which:
(a)
the operations are suspended by a legal proceeding or by an administrative appeal having suspensory effect; or
(b)
it has not been possible to make a payment application for reasons of
force majeure
seriously affecting implementation of all or part of the programme.
The national authorities claiming
force majeure
shall demonstrate the direct consequences of the
force majeure
on the implementation of all or part of the programme.
2.   By 31 January, the Member State shall send to the Commission information on the exceptions referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 for the amount to be declared by 31 December of the preceding year.