The day or moment when a payee transmits to the payment service provider payment orders for the collection e.g. of card payments or of direct debits or when the payee is granted a pre-financing on the related amounts by the payment service provider (by way of a contingent credit to the account) should have no relevance in that respect.

In order to ensure that the new legal framework established by that Regulation functions smoothly and applies uniformly, the Commission has been empowered to adopt certain rules in relation to administrative and on-the-spot checks, the measurement of areas, the cases in which aid applications or payment claims may be corrected, the application and calculation of partial or total withdrawals and the recovery of undue payments and penalties, the application and calculation of administrative penalties, the requirements for the computerised database, aid applications and payment claims and applications for payment entitlements, including the ...[+++] final date for submission, the carrying-out of checks, transfers of holdings, payments of advances, the carrying-out of checks relating to cross-compliance obligations, the calculation and application of administrative penalties in cross-compliance and technical specifications necessary for the purpose of the uniform application of the basic rules on the integrated administration and control system (‘integrated system’) as regards cross-compliance.

13. Recognises the efforts made in 2012 to communicate the state of play of the KAD building to the Committee on Budgets, and requests that this communication continues throughout the duration of the project, in particular with respect to the result of the amended Call to Tender; notes that adaptations and downsizing of 8 000 m have been made in order to remain under or adhere to the predetermined financial framework for the KAD project, following the request of the Committee on Budgets; welcomes the savings of more than EUR 10 million in interest payments in the coming years – relative to the 2012 financing estimates for the project – ...[+++] achieved by transfers for early advance payments for both the KAD and the Trebel buildings; believes that, in the context of the growing majority among Members in favour of new working arrangements , Parliament’s building projects need to be handled cautiously, and that caution should prevail over ambition; encourages the continuation of this fruitful dialogue, and asks that the information requested be delivered in a timely manner;

11. Recognises the efforts made in 2012 to communicate the state of play of the KAD building to the Committee on Budgets, and requests that this communication continues throughout the duration of the project, in particular with respect to the result of the amended Call to Tender; notes that adaptations and downsizing of 8 000 m have been made in order to remain under or adhere to the predetermined financial framework for the KAD project, following the request of the Committee on Budgets; welcomes the savings of more than EUR 10 million in interest payments in the coming years – relative to the 2012 financing estimates for the project – ...[+++] achieved by transfers for early advance payments for both the KAD and the Trebel buildings; believes that, in the context of the growing majority among Members in favour of new working arrangements, Parliament’s building projects need to be handled cautiously, and that caution should prevail over ambition; encourages the continuation of this fruitful dialogue, and asks that the information requested be delivered in a timely manner;

The day or moment in time when a payee transmits to his service provider payment orders for the collection e.g. of card payment or of direct debits or when the payee is granted a pre-financing on the related amounts by his payment service provider (by way of a contingent credit to his account) should have no relevance in this respect.

Equally, advance payments during the cooling-off period are entirely prohibited in Member States such as Luxembourg, Portugal and Greece but in, for example, Denmark advance payments, other than to the vendor or the granter of credit, are permitted and advance payments into third-party security accounts are allowed in Germany.