DA014 – Information on Down Payments - Benefits in Kind (IDP)

Purpose of the SED:

The SED DA014 is used to send information about the proposition of the down payment.

DA014 can be sent only once;

The amount of the down payment has to be at least 90% of the total amount of the initial claim on DA010;

DA014 can be sent only within 6 months of the end of the month during which the claim was introduced (art. 68 par. 1 IR);

If down payment are accepted the deadline for the payment of the claim is 36 months;

If the creditor Member State has made a general statement that it accepts down payments such payments are automatically considered to be accepted. The Audit Board draws up a list of Member States that have stated that they accept down payment. A reply is required on DA015;

If the creditor Member State has not stated that down payments are generally accepted the Case Owner has to reply on DA015 within 6 months of the end of the month during which the claims is introduced. In the absence of a reply within the given time frame the down payment are considered as accepted and shall be executed.

Acronyms used in DA014:

CLA – claim for reimbursement

IDP – information on down payments

DA014 includes following mandatory fields:

Reference numbers:

“Global CLA reference Creditor Liaison Body” – a reference number of the claim specified in the DA010, which should be copied without any change;

“Global IDP reference Debtor Liaison Body” – a reference number of the information on down payment (IDP). It is a unique number of the information given by the Debtor Liaison Body;

Total number of individual claims – which is a summarized number of individual claims copied from the DA010;

Total amount of benefits – which is a summarized amounts of the benefits copied from the DA010;

Down payment amount – this is an amount of the down payment which is offered to the Creditor and should be at least 90% of the ‘Total amount of the benefits” specified in DA010;

Down payment percentage of total amount of benefits - the value of percentage offered, at least 90%;

Date of submission – with a date on which DA014 is submitted by the Debtor Liaison Body.

It is not possible to add attachments to DA014.

For general remarks applicable to all the AWOD SEDs click here.

In order to see the content and explanatory notes of SED DA014 please click here.