Payment to beneficiaries

1.   Except where otherwise explicitly provided for in Union law, Member States shall ensure that payments relating to the financing provided for in this Regulation are disbursed to the beneficiaries in full.
2.   Member States shall ensure that the payments under the interventions and measures referred to in Article 65(2) are made at the earliest on 1 December and at the latest on 30 June of the following calendar year.
Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, Member States may:
(a)
prior to 1 December, but not before 16 October, pay advances of up to 50 % for interventions in the form of direct payments and for the measures referred to in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 and in Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013;
(b)
prior to 1 December pay advances of up to 75 % for the support granted under interventions for rural development referred to in Article 65(2).
3.   Member States may decide to pay advances of up to 50 % under the interventions referred to in Articles 73 and 77 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.
4.   The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 102 amending this Article by adding rules allowing Member States to pay advances as regards the interventions referred to in Title III, Chapter III, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and as regards measures regulating or supporting agricultural markets laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in order to ensure the coherent and non-discriminatory payment of advances.
5.   The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 102 supplementing this Regulation by setting up specific conditions for the payment of advances to ensure the coherent and non-discriminatory payment of advances.
6.   Upon the request of a Member State, in the event of an emergency, and within the limits of Article 11(2), point (b), of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall adopt, where appropriate, implementing acts concerning the application of this Article. Those implementing acts may derogate from paragraph 2 of this Article, but only to the extent that, and for such a period, as is strictly necessary. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 103(3).