Where any physical or administrative verifications are not exhaustive, but performed on a sample of operations, the records shall identify the operations selected and describe the sampling method.

Whereas it is appropriate to lay down in a single act common procedures, including documentary, identity and physical checks, for animals at Community border inspection posts;

Such consignments shall undergo, at the border inspection post of introduction, a documentary, identity and physical check in order to determine whether or not the products comply with the said import conditions.

Where the body responsible for checks is the same as that responsible for classification and identification of the carcases or where it does not fall under the authority of a public body, the checks provided for in the preceding subparagraph must be carried out under the physical supervision of a public body under the same conditions and at least once a year.

Without prejudice to Article 10, each consignment of products from a third country intended for import into one of the territories referred to in Annex I shall be subject to an identity check and a physical check as provided for in Article 4(4).

If any physical or administrative checks are not exhaustive, but performed on a sample of claims, the claims selected shall be identified, the sampling method described, the results of all inspections and the measures taken in respect of discrepancies and irregularities reported upon.

Whereas Article 14 of Protocol 9 provides for the maintenance of non-discriminatory physical controls at the border between Austria and other Member States to verify ecopoints issued under the provisions of Article 11 and the existing quotas for bilateral journeys provided by Article 12 of Protocol 9, only until 31 December 1996;

physical checks on goods in accordance with Article 3, at the time the customs export formalities are completed and before authorization is given for the goods in question to be exported, on the basis of documents submitted in support of the export declaration, and (b) scrutiny of the documents in the payment application file in accordance with Article 4.

Products for which the customs-approved treatment or use within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 is other than as provided for in Articles 7 and 12(3) of this Directive, shall, unless they are destroyed or returned, undergo an identity check and a physical check in order to determine whether or not they comply with the import conditions.

limitations on the total number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular service sector or that a service supplier may employ and who are necessary for, and directly related to, the supply of a specific service in the form of numerical quotas or, the requirement of an economic needs test;

'Where the body responsible for checks is the same as that responsible for classification and identification or where it does not fall under the authority of a public body, the checks provided for in the preceding subparagraph must be carried out under the physical supervision of a public body under the same conditions and at least once a year.'

Under the procedure provided for in Article 23 and on a reciprocal basis, less frequent identity checks and/or physical checks may, without prejudice to controls to see that the welfare requirements during transport are being complied with, be applied under certain conditions, and in particular in the light of the results of checks carried out prior to the adoption of this Directive.

Consignments intended for import into one of the territories listed in Annex I which arrive at one border inspection post but are intended for import via another border inspection post situated in the same territory, or situated in the territory of another Member State, shall be subject to an identity check and a physical check at the border inspection post of destination, provided that the transport takes place by sea or air.

Each consignment of products referred to in the first and third indents of paragraph 1 and destined for another Member State shall undergo the documentary, identity and physical checks laid down in Article 4(3) and (4) at the border inspection post situated in the territory of the Member State where the products are introduced, to verify in particular whether the products concerned comply with the Community rules applicable to the Member State or area of destination.

However, furred wild game imported unskinned shall undergo an identity or physical check, apart from the health check and residue search provided for in Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products (13), which should be carried out in accordance with Council Directive 92/45/EEC of 16 June 1992 on public health and animal health problems relating to the killing of wild game and the placing on the market of wild game meat (14) in the establishment of destination where the meat must be delivered under customs supervision in accordance with the first indent of paragraph 4 of this Article and in conjunction with the certificate referred to in Article 5(1).

Unbound except for measures concerning the entry into and temporary stay (1) within a Member State, without requiring compliance with an economic needs test (2), of the following categories of natural persons providing services:

verification by analysis, surveillance, testing and inspection is carried out to ensure that the physical state and the operation of a nuclear installation continue to be in accordance with its design, applicable national safety requirements, and operational limits and conditions.

limitations on the total number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular service sector or that a service supplier may employ and who are necessary for, and directly related to, the supply of a specific service in the form of numerical quotas or a requirement of an economic needs test;

limitations on the total number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular financial service sector or that a financial service supplier may employ and who are necessary for, and directly related to, the supply of a specific financial service in the form of numerical quotas or a requirement of an economic needs test;

Whereas enquiries and further verifications, carried out both in the Community and elsewhere with the assistance of third countries' authorities, in accordance with the procedures established in Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 have led the Commission to conclude that 5 408 295 pieces of textile products pertaining to category 4 (T-shirts) have been imported into the European Community in circumvention of the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 in the years 1995 and 1996 in that evidence shows that they physically emanated from the territory of the People's Republic of China before having been imported into the European Community without Chinese origin being declared or under false declarations of origin;