(c) establish by 10 June of each year an expected market situation justifying the application of green harvesting to restore market balance and to prevent crisis and the deadline for carrying out the operation of green harvesting as referred to in point (c) of Article 43(1) of this Regulation;

(d) every year set a deadline at a date after the establishment of the expected market situation as provided for in point (c) for carrying out the green harvesting operations in accordance with the requirements set out in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

Article 9

Calculation of the compensation

1. Each year, Member States shall calculate the direct costs of green harvesting according to the different methods (manual, mechanical and chemical) that they consider as eligible for the purposes of the conditions adopted by them pursuant to Article 18 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149.

In case more than one method of green harvesting is used on the same given area, the compensation shall be based on the least expensive method.

2. Member States shall define the loss of revenue caused by green harvesting on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, taking into account any cost savings.

Article 10

Application procedure

1. For the support referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Member States shall lay down rules on the application procedure, which shall include rules on:

(a) the natural or legal persons that may submit applications in accordance with Article 17 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149;

(b) the applicable compensation to the producer concerned;

(d) the submission and selection of applications, which shall include at least the deadlines for the submission of applications, for the examination of the suitability of each proposed action and for the notification of the results of the selection procedure to the operators;

(e) the verification of compliance with the provisions on the conditions for the proper functioning, the eligibility criteria, ineligible actions and other objective criteria set out in Section 3 of Chapter II of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149;

(f) the selection of the applications, which shall at least include the weighting attributed to each priority criterion, where priority criteria are applied.

2. Member States may provide that in case the application is withdrawn without duly justified reason, the producer concerned is to bear the costs incurred in relation to the treatment of his application.

SECTION 4

Mutual funds

Article 11

Application of the support measure

For the purposes of Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Member States shall adopt provisions for the application of the support measure.

Article 12

Application procedure

For the support referred to in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 Member States shall lay down rules on the application procedure, which shall include rules on:

(a) the natural or legal persons that may submit applications in accordance with Article 24 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149;