Member States shall ensure that varieties and clones accepted into the catalogues of the other Member States are also accepted for certification and for the checking of standard propagating material in their own territory, without prejudice to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(9), with regard to the rules for the classification of vine varieties.

While taking into account the legitimate concerns of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, it is necessary to enable EU citizens to exercise their rights of free movement within the EU and set the minimum rules for carrying out checks on persons at the line and to ensure the effective surveillance of it, in order to combat the illegal immigration of third country nationals as well as any threat to public security and public policy.

The rules laid down in Council Directive 89/662/EEC of 11 December 1989 concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade with a view to the completion of the internal market as regards aquaculture products for human consumption and Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (2) as regards aquaculture animals and products placed on the market shall apply, in particular as regards the organization of and the action to be taken following the inspections to be carried out by the Member State of destination, and the protective measures to be implemented.

Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of the criteria laid down in Articles 53 and 55, taking into account Article 24, after the suitability of the economic operators not excluded under Articles 45 and 46 has been checked by contracting authorities in accordance with the criteria of economic and financial standing, of professional and technical knowledge or ability referred to in Articles 47 to 52, and, where appropriate, with the non-discriminatory rules and criteria referred to in paragraph 3.

Member States shall pay the compensation to producer organisations within four months of the end of the year for which it is granted, in so far as their competent authorities have checked that the recipient organisations have fulfilled the obligations imposed on them under Article 9. 4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 38(2). Article 11 Member States may grant additional aids to producer organisations which, within the framework of operational programmes mentioned in Article 9(1) develop measures for improving the organisation and the functioning of the marketing of fish as well as measures allowing for a better balance of supply and demand, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, and in particular, its Articles 14 and 15.

The rules on checks and safeguard measures applicable to intra-Community trade in equidae shall be adopted by the Council under its Decision on veterinary checks applicable to intra-Community trade in live animals with a view to the completion of the internal market.

(m) rules on the administrative and on-the-spot checks and the checks by remote sensing;

Whereas, in order to create the conditions for the internal market, the principles and the rules on checks contained in Directive 89/662/EEC (5) should be extended to all production of milk-based products;

whereas guarantees equivalent to those offered by products of Community origin should therefore be required in respect of such products and they should be subject to the principles and rules on checks contained in Directive 90/675/EEC (6);

whereas guarantees equivalent to those offered by products of Community origin should therefore be required in respect of such products and they should be subject to the principles and rules on checks contained in Council Directive 907675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries (1);

Whereas, in order to allow the time necessary to set up a Community inspection system to ensure that third countries comply with the guarantees provided for in this Directive, national rules on checks should be maintained for a transitional period as regards third countries;

This Regulation concerns, first, the additional factors necessary for the final calculation of the levy payable by producers, secondly, the measures to ensure payment of the levy in good time and lastly, the rules on checks to ensure that the levy has been correctly collected.

Checks on specific products shall be carried out in accordance with the following rules:

The following rules are to be applied to the documentary checks on products from third countries:

whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for the implementation of these on-the-spot checks;

(5) Detailed rules should also be set on documentation, accounting and the frequency and nature of checks.

Where applicable, the on-the-spot checks provided for in this Regulation shall be carried out at the same time as any other checks provided for in Community rules.

Where appropriate, the on-the-spot checks provided for in this Regulation, as well as any other checks provided for in Community rules, shall be carried out at the same time.

whereas expenditure on the execution of programmes must be managed and checked nationally in accordance with Community rules;

Whereas the general rules applicable to the checks to be carried out on importation must be defined within an overall context;

laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/493/EEC, as regards own health checks on fishery products

To make the Community rules on organic production methods, the checks performed and the Community logo known to the public at large.

Member States shall further ensure that checks on zootechnical documents are subject to the control rules laid down by this Directive.

From 1 July 1985 checks on documents detailing transport operations not carried out under licence or quota pursuant to Community or bilateral rules shall be replaced at the common borders by spot checks.

Council Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 of 8 February 1993 on checks for conformity with the rules on product safety in the case of products imported from third countries

Experience shows that the rules do not adequately specify how the physical checks on products placed under the prefinancing arrangements should be applied.

whereas it is necessary to lay down detailed rules for the grant of such authorizations, having regard to the requirements as regards checks on undertakings;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 6 (3) of the said Directive, rules must be laid down for the application of the principles on which own-checks are based;

(2) Experience shows that the rules do not adequately specify how the physical checks on products placed under the prefinancing arrangements should be applied.

This Regulation lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movement.

in the course of the checks, demonstrate an attitude in line with the rules and behaviour incumbent on the officials of the Party on whose territory the control procedure is being performed.

(d) to carry out on-site inspections at the institution's premises and, where appropriate, on outsourced functions to check if activities are carried out in accordance with the supervisory rules.

Whereas the rules and general principles governing checks on fresh poultrymeat will be determined later as part of the measures to be taken to bring about the internal market;

Before 1 January 1991, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the rules and general principles applicable upon checks to be carried out in third countries and upon checks on imports from third countries of animals and products covered by this Directive.

(1) Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 lays down the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals and the rules applying to checks on such movement.

Pending Community rules on non-hazardous waste, checks on transfers of such waste shall be conducted on the basis of a special procedure whereby transfers may be checked at the point of destination during clearance procedures.

Whereas the rules and general principles governing checks on poultry and hatching eggs will be determined later as part of the measures to be taken to bring about the internal market;

The time spent by the observer on board shall be fixed by the Malagasy authorities, but, as a general rule, an observer must not be present for longer than the time required to make spot checks on the catches.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 709/98 of 30 March 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1686/72 on certain detailed rules for aid for seed as regards checking procedures and laying down rules for application of the stabiliser mechanism for rice seed production

In such cases, checks on the characteristics of the products as referred to in Article 65 shall be carried out in accordance with the detailed rules adopted by the Member State concerned.

All financing contracts or agreements concluded under this Regulation shall provide for the Commission and the Court of Auditors to conduct on-the-spot checks according to the rules in force.

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article, in particular rules on the prevention of cross-contamination and on the methods of sampling and analysis required to check compliance with this Article, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24(2).

The Member States shall make first-level checks on withdrawal operations in each producer organisation, comprising a documentary and identity check and a physical check, where appropriate by sampling, of the weight of the products withdrawn from the market and a check on compliance with the rules in Article 3, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/2001(8).

Whereas the products in question are subject to the rules concerning checks and to safeguard measures covered by Council Directive 90/675/EEC of 10 December 1990 laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries;

whereas, as regards checks on origin, the Member States as a general rule must ask only for a simple statement of the origin of the product as the importer can be reasonably expected to know it,

Whereas the rules contained in Commission Decision 94/356/EC of 20 May 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/493/EEC as regards own health checks on fishery products (4) are relevant for own health checks carried out by establishments producing snails and frogs' legs as referred to in Article 4, point 2 of Directive 92/118/EEC;

The Commission has carried out an on-the-spot check of the rules of production and the inspection measures actually applied in Costa Rica, provided for in Article 11(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.

Further reductions in and the final abolition of such checks will depend on the gradual increase in travellers' duty-free allowances and on future developments in the rules applicable to the cross-border movement of travellers.

Where the participants in the Sixth EC and Euratom Framework Programmes resist an on-the-spot check or inspection, the Swiss authorities, acting in accordance with national rules, shall give Commission inspectors such assistance as they need to allow them to discharge their duty in carrying out an on-the-spot check or inspection.