Without prejudice to checks carried out by the Member States in accordance with national laws, regulations or administrative provisions, and without prejudice to Article 206 bis of the Treaty or to any inspection arranged on the basis of Article 209 (c) of the Treaty, on-the-spot checks or enquiries in respect of projects receiving financial support shall be carried out by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned and by representatives of the Commission, or other persons authorized for this purpose by the latter.

officers of the ‘Rijkspolitie’ (national police) and the ‘Gemeentepolitie’ (municipal police) as well as, under the conditions laid down in the appropriate bilateral agreements referred to in paragraph 10, with respect to their powers regarding the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, trafficking in arms and explosives and the illicit transportation of toxic and hazardous waste, officers of the tax inspection and investigation authorities responsible for import and excise duties.

Without prejudice to checks carried out by the Member States in accordance with national laws, regulations or administrative provisions, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 206a of the Treaty or any inspection arranged on the basis of Article 209 (c) of the Treaty, on-the-spot checks or enquiries in respect of projects receiving financial support shall be carried out by the competent authorities.of the Member State concerned and by representatives of the Commission, or other persons authorized for this purpose by the latter.

in accordance with the Council resolution of 17 January 1995 on the lawful interception of telecommunications (1) to retain traffic-related data, where applicable and technically feasible - in particular for criminal prosecution purposes in cases of suspected sexual abuse of children, production, processing and distribution of child pornography - for such time as may be specified under the applicable national law, to allow the data to be made available for inspection by the criminal prosecution authorities in accordance with the applicable rules of procedure;

The competent national authority shall verify by all appropriate means, including on-the-spot inspections,

send an inspection team to the Member State in question in conjunction with the competent national authorities,

Does national law give the competent authorities the right and/or the obligation to carry out on-site inspections?

How does national law give the competent authorities the right and/or the obligation to carry out on-site inspections?

conduct, itself or through national aviation authorities or qualified entities, inspections and audits of the organisations it certifies;

On-the-spot inspection shall be carried out, in collaboration with the competent national authorities, by a Community inspection group composed of experts from the Commission and experts appointed by the Member States.

The Commission shall, at least two months before the Commission inspection is due to commence, request from the appropriate authority information as to the availability of national auditors for the conduct of that inspection.

send a mission of experts to the establishment concerned, and in conjunction with the competent national authorities, carry out on-the-spot inspections, or

To attend the controls and inspections carried out by the national inspection authorities in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Agreement.

To this end, each national supervisory authority shall organise proper inspections and surveys to verify compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.

conduct, itself or through national aviation authorities or qualified entities, technical inspections associated with products, parts and appliances certification;

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3561/85 of 17 December 1985 concerning information about inspections of fishing activities carried out by national control authorities

Should the National Registration Authority (NRA) begin to carry out inspections itself, inspection reports will also be routinely transmitted to the importing Party until there has been a satisfactory verification of the NRA GMP inspection programme.

However, the national judicial authority may not call into question the necessity for the inspection nor demand that it be provided with information in the Commission's file.

Each year, every agreed border inspection post listed in the Annex shall be inspected by the Commission veterinary experts in cooperation with the competent national authorities.

the manufacturer or his authorised representative shall keep this documentation at the disposal of the relevant national authorities for inspection purposes for at least four years,

In order to ensure a uniform frequency and level of checks, it is necessary to specify the nature and number of inspections of storage premises to be performed by the national authorities.

the observations and recommendations of the national and/or Community inspection authorities have been acted on, in particular as regards the correction of any observed or presumed irregularities,

'control` shall mean any check, inspection, verification or formality performed at Member States' frontiers by national authorities which halt or hamper the free movement of the vehicles or vessels concerned,

National supervisory authorities may decide to delegate in full or in part the inspections and surveys referred to in Article 2(2) to recognised organisations that fulfil the requirements set out in Annex I. 2.

inspection is an investigation by any competent authority to verify compliance with national provisions on radiological protection for medical radiological procedures, equipment in use or radiological installations.

In the event that no solution is found within six months, at the request of one of the authorities of the Member States concerned or on its own initiative, the Commission may, in particular, send an inspection team in collaboration with the competent national authorities.

A recognition granted by a national supervisory authority shall be valid within the Community for a renewable period of three years. National supervisory authorities may instruct any of the recognised organisations located in the Community to undertake these inspections and surveys.

whereas it is therefore necessary to specify the documentary checks and-on-the spot inspections which the national authority must carry out, depending on the type of financial assistance provided for in the said Regulation;

Each inspector shall carry a personal document in the form of an identity card issued by his competent authority in accordance with the national legislation, indicating that the inspector is authorized to carry out inspections.

Expenditure incurred by public authorities in the management, implementation, monitoring and inspection of a measure or all measures, in particular the salaries of established national or local officials, shall not be eligible.

where relevant, the lot identification mark according to a marking system either approved at national level or agreed with the inspection body or authority and which permits to link the lot with the accounts referred to in point 6.

Member States shall maintain appropriate national maritime administrations, hereinafter called 'competent authorities', for the inspection of ships and shall take whatever measures are appropriate to ensure that their competent authorities perform their duties as laid down in this Directive.

The officials of the competition authorities of the Member States who are responsible for conducting these inspections as well as those authorised or appointed by them shall exercise their powers in accordance with their national law.

The Commission must, at the request of the competent authority of the Member State of destination or on its own initiative, send an inspection team to the Member State in question in conjunction with the competent national authorities.

The Agency shall conduct standardisation inspections in the fields covered by Article 1(1), in order to monitor the application by national aviation authorities of this Regulation and of its implementing rules, and shall report to the Commission.

The competent authority for issuing health certificates for fishery products is the "State Fisheries Committee of the Russian Federation", assisted by the "National Centre of Quality and Safety of Fishery Products" (National Fish Quality) as inspection service for the approval and registration of establishments and vessels.

Following a restructuring of the Korean administration, the competent authority for issuing health certificates for fishery products (NFPIS) has changed to the "National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFPQIS)" and this new authority is capable of effectively verifying the application of the laws in force.

Where, on the basis of the checks carried out at the point where the animals are marketed, a competent authority of a Member State considers that this Directive is not being complied with at a border inspection post of another Member State, it shall contact the competent national authority of that Member State without delay.

The competition authority of a Member State may in its own territory carry out any inspection or other fact-finding measure under its national law on behalf and for the account of the competition authority of another Member State in order to establish whether there has been an infringement of Article 81 or Article 82 of the Treaty.

The National Fisheries Products Quality Inspection Service (NFPQIS) shall be the competent authority in the Republic of Korea for verifying and certifying that bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC."

The 'Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - National Fisheries Administration - National Fishery Products Inspection Station (NFPIS)` shall be the competent authority in the Republic of Korea for verifying and certifying that live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC.

Acting in conjunction with the competent national authorities, the Commission shall inspect the border inspection posts designated in accordance with paragraph 3 in order to satisfy itself that there is uniform application of the rules on veterinary checks and that the various border inspection posts in fact possess the necessary infrastructures and meet the minimum requirements laid down in Annex A.

The responsible authority shall introduce procedures to ensure that a record is kept of the location of all documents relating to particular payments made under the national implementation programme in question and that the documents can be produced for inspection if requested by:

Where authorisation as referred to in paragraph 7 is applied for, the national judicial authority shall control that the Commission decision is authentic and that the coercive measures envisaged are neither arbitrary nor excessive having regard to the subject matter of the inspection.

Member States shall maintain appropriate national maritime administrations with the requisite number of staff, in particular qualified inspectors, hereinafter called 'competent authorities', for the inspection of ships and shall take whatever measures are appropriate to ensure that their competent authorities perform their duties as laid down in this Directive.";

The manufacturer or his authorized representative established in the Community must make this documentation, including the declaration of conformity, available to the national authorities for inspection purposes for a period ending at least five years after the last product has been manufactured.

The "National Fisheries Inspection and Quality Assurance Center (Nafiqacen) of the Ministry of Fisheries" shall be the competent authority in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.

It is necessary to intensify cooperation and coordination between all relevant authorities in order to achieve compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular through the exchange of national inspectors, by requiring Member States to treat inspection reports drawn up by Community inspectors, inspectors of another Member State or Commission inspectors equally to their own inspection reports for the purpose of establishing the facts.

The National Fisheries Inspection and Quality Assurance Centre (Nafiqacen) of the Ministry of Fisheries shall be the competent authority in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for verifying and certifying that bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods fulfil the requirements of Directive 91/492/EEC.

In Commission Decision 1999/813/EC(2), the "National Fisheries Inspection and Quality Assurance Center (NAFIQACEN) of the Ministry of Fisheries" is identified as the competent authority in Vietnam for verifying and certifying compliance of fishery and aquaculture products with the requirements of Directive 91/493/EEC.