A requested Contracting Party may add to the alert in the data file of its national section of the Schengen Information System a flag prohibiting, until the flag is deleted, performance of the action to be taken on the basis of the alert for the purposes of discreet surveillance or specific checks.

In order to achieve uniform application of the rules in this area, a minimum compulsory rate of physical checks on products placed under the prefinancing arrangements should be introduced, to be carried out when the payment declaration is accepted; it should be specified also that these checks must be carried out in accordance with the system laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 386/90(5), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 163/94(6), and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2090/2002(7).

Without prejudice to the specific provisions of this Directive, the competent authority shall, where it is suspected that this Directive is not being complied with or there is doubt as to whether the products referred to in Article 1 are fit for consumption, carry out any checks it deems appropriate.

If the checks reveal significant irregularities in a region or part of a region or for a specific producer organisation, the competent authority shall carry out additional checks during the year in question and shall increase the percentage of corresponding applications to be checked the following year.

The Member State shall check that the application is justified and shall forward the application, including the product specification referred to in Article 4 and other documents on which it has based its decision, to the Commission, if it considers that it satisfies the requirements of this Regulation.

Should the checks reveal significant irregularities in a region or part of a region or a specific producer organisation, the competent authorities shall carry out additional checks during the year in question and shall increase the percentage of corresponding applications to be checked the following year.

The check must take the form of a measurement of pressure loss under the conditions specified in item 5. 3. 4. 1 or 5. 3. 4. 2. The value measured with the replacement exhaust system must not exceed the value measured with the original equipment system by more than 25 % under the conditions mentioned below.

Where a manufacturer has not applied, or has only partly applied, the harmonized standards or where there are no such standards, the body of which notification has been given must check the suitability of the technical specifications used by the manufacturer with respect to the basic requirements before examining the manufacturer's technical file to establish its suitability with respect to these technical specifications.

of the fresh meat in Switzerland the responsible veterinary authorities of Switzerland carried out the appropriate checks having the same effect as the checks required by the European Communities in similar circumstances to ensure that the fresh meat satisfied the requirements of Directive 72/462/EEC including public health conditions laid down in Article 4 and specific animal health conditions laid down pursuant to Article 16, or of Directive 64/433/EEC and of Article 3 and 4 of Directive 72/461/EEC.

For the purpose of the examination to check whether the abovementioned conditions have been satisfied, samples shall be taken officially in accordance with the ISTA rules, and their weights shall conform to the weight stipulated under such methods, taking into account those specified in the following Directives:

Without prejudice to the specific provisions of this Directive, the competent authority shall, where it is suspected that the provisions of this Directive have not been complied with or there is doubt as to whether the products referred to in Article 1 are fit for consumption, carry out any checks it deems appropriate.

In this context, one solution would be to provide checkpoints specifically for persons covered by Community law, so that these travellers, who are generally subject only to minimal checks, are not delayed on account of having to go to the same counter as third-country nationals who must undergo thorough and lengthy checks.

A statement by the tenderer waiving all claims in respect of the quality and characteristics of any alcohol awarded, agreeing to submit to any checks made on the destination and use of the alcohol and accepting responsibility for providing evidence that the alcohol is used as specified in this notice of invitation to tender.

After completion of the veterinary checks specified in Article 4 of Directive 91/496/EEC, part 2 of the CVED shall be completed under the responsibility of the official veterinarian responsible for the border inspection post and shall be signed by him/her or by another official veterinarian operating under his/her authority.

With prejudice to the specific provisions of this Directive, the official veterinarian or the competent authority shall, where it is suspected that veterinary legislation has not been complied with or there is doubt as to whether wild game meat is fit for consumption, carry out any veterinary checks he or it deems appropriate.

In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2), certain cases or circumstances may be specified in which "identity checks" and "plant health checks" may be carried out at the place of destination, such as a place of production, approved by the official body and customs authorities responsible for the area where that place of destination is located, instead of the aforesaid other places, provided that specific guarantees and documents as regards the transport of plants, plant products and other objects are complied with.

in its entirety or on one or more representative samples, including the packaging and, where appropriate, the transport vehicles, the consignment or lot or their wood packing material comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, as specified in Article 13(l)(i) (plant health checks), and whether Article 16(2) applies.

or the assessment/judgement by a notified body or bodies of the suitability for use of an interoperability constituent, considered within its railway environment and, in particular in cases where the interfaces are involved, in relation to the technical specifications, particularly those of a functional nature, which are to be checked.

Without prejudice to specific Community rules relating to certain products, the products referred to in Article 16(1)(a), (b), and (d) of Directive 97/78/EC shall not be subject to the systematic veterinary checks set out in Chapter 1 of that Directive if they are less than 1 kg in weight only and destined for personal human consumption.

The technical specifications and methods of testing, checking, acceptance and calculation in each contract, may be defined in order of precedence, by reference to the common standards accepted by the EEC and the OCT concerned, or the standards of the OCT concerned, or of a Member State, or any other standard, including international standards.

"Identity checks" and "plant health checks" must be made, without prejudice to (c) and (d) below, by the official body of point of entry in connection with the customs formalities required for placing under a customs procedure as referred to in Article 13(1) or Article 13(4), and either at the same place as these formalities, on the premises of the official body of point of entry or at any other place close by and designated or approved by the customs authorities and by the responsible official body, other than the place of destination as specified under (d).

For motor vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems in accordance with Directive 98/69/EC, Member States may as an alternative to the test specified in item (a) establish the correct functioning of the emission system through the appropriate reading of the OBD device and simultaneous checking of the proper functioning of the OBD system.'

in addition to the testing standards specifically mentioned, a number of provisions, which must be checked during type-examination (type approval) as referred to in the modules for conformity assessment in Annex B, are to be found in the applicable requirements of the international conventions and the relevant resolutions and circulars of the IMO.

From the time of their removal from intervention stock until the use and/or destination specified has been verified, the products referred to in Article 1 shall be subject to control, comprising physical checks, scrutiny of documents and audit of accounts, by the designated control bodies, hereafter referred to as 'the competent control authority'.

Reimports not covered by the Annex to this Protocol may be made subject to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 15 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to quantitative limits pursuant to the Agreement, to a double-checking system or to surveillance measures.

The notified body must carry out the appropriate examinations and tests in order to check the conformity of the subsystem with the type as described in the EC type-examination certificate and with the requirements of Directive 96/48/EC and the TSI by examination and testing of every subsystem, manufactured as a serial product, as specified under Point 4.

In order to be able to check the real effectiveness of these methods and, if necessary, to fix specific maximum limits for the unprocessed cereals, it is foreseen for a limited period to apply the maximum limits as laid down in Annex I only for cereals and processed products thereof intended for direct human consumption or as an ingredient in foodstuffs.

Reimports not covered by the Annex to this Protocol may be made subject to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 15 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to quantitative limits under Annex II to the Agreement, to a double-checking system or to surveillance measures.

The guarantees which must be furnished by the consignees referred to in points (iii) and (iv) of the first subparagraph shall be specified in an agreement with the competent authority to be signed at the time of the prior registration provided for in Article 12. The competent authority shall carry out random checks to verify compliance with those guarantees.

Where the customs office of exit or the office to which the T5 control copy is sent finds that the seals affixed on departure have been removed other than under customs supervision or have been broken or that the dispensation from sealing under Article 357(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 has not been granted, a specific substitution check shall be carried out.

The Schengen Information System shall enable the authorities designated by the Contracting Parties, by means of an automated search procedure, to have access to alerts on persons and property for the purposes of border checks and other police and customs checks carried out within the country in accordance with national law and, in the case of the specific category of alerts referred to in Article 96, for the purposes of issuing visas, residence permits and the administration of legislation on aliens in the context of the application of the provisions of this Convention relating to the movement of persons.

Reimports into the Community within the meaning of Article 4 of this Agreement may be made subject to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 14 of this Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to quantitative limits pursuant to this Agreement, to a double-checking system or to surveillance measures.

Where the fisheries products landed are intended for sale at a later date, and where such products are to be placed on the market at a price provided for in a contract or at a fixed price set for a specified period, Member States shall carry out appropriate verifications to check the accuracy of the information in the take-over declarations and sales notes referred to in paragraph 2.

Whereas, to guarantee that agricultural products and foodstuffs consistently possess the certified specific characteristics, groups of producers must themselves define the said characteristics in a product specification but whereas the rules for approving inspection bodies responsible for checking that the product specification is complied with must be uniform throughout the Community;

Where the check referred to in Article 4 (2) indicates that the quantities sold by a producer or producers' organization exceed the eligible quantity allocated to the producer or producers' organization for the marketing year concerned or where the producers' organization fails to provide a satisfactory reply within the period specified in Article 4 (4), the allowance shall not be paid.

Article 912c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code fn, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 fn, specifies the office of destination where the T5 control copy should be presented for the check on the use and/or destination of the goods.

Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities () applies to all areas of the Communities' activity without prejudice to the provisions of Community rules specific to the different policy areas.

CONSIDERING that the Customs Information System created by virtue of the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes fn permits the entry of personal data exclusively for the purpose of sighting and reporting, discreet surveillance or specific checks (Article 5 of the Convention), and that for any additional purposes a supplementary legal basis must be established,

The notified body shall carry out the appropriate examinations and tests in order to check the conformity of the product to the requirements of this Directive by examination and testing of products on a statistical basis, as specified in section 6. The manufacturer must authorize the notified body to evaluate the efficiency of the measures taken pursuant to section 3, by audit where appropriate.

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities ( 7 ) applies to all areas of the Communities' activity without prejudice to the provisions of the Community rules specific to the different policy areas,

The applicant for EEC pattern approval shall, for each family of cylinders, submit the documentation necessary for the checks specified below and make available to the Member State a batch of 50 or two batches of 25 cylinders in accordance with 2.1.5.3, from which the number of cylinders required for the tests referred to below will be taken, together with any additional information required by the Member State.

The specific steps may include registration at a public or private employment exchange;application to employers;checking at worksites, farms, factory gates, market or other assembly places;placing or answering newspaper advertisements;seeking assistance of friends or relatives;looking for land, building, machinery or equipment to establish own enterprise;arranging for financial resources;applying for permits and licences, etc.

Each individual loss of alcohol shall be accepted only if it has been checked at the final destination and, in the case of alcohol for export, at the place where it left the customs territory of the Community, and certified by the competent inspection authority and/or international surveillance firm where such a firm has been appointed under Article 102, provided that such losses are within the limits specified in point (b) below.

Rules should be adopted for registering non-traditional operators and determining their annual allocations and the verifications and checks to be carried out by the competent national authorities should be specified, as should the action to be taken in the event that certain obligations are not fulfilled, in particular as regards registration and declarations made for the purpose of obtaining allocations under the import arrangements.

It is for the Competent Authority of Member States to authorise the establishments carrying out the specific preparation of these bivalve molluscs and to check the satisfactory application of the 'own health checks' procedures set out in Article 6 of Council Directive 91/493/EEC of 22 July 1991 laying down the health conditions for the production and the placing on the market of fishery products (3), as last amended by Directive 97/79/EC.

Member States shall lay down that the respective original, or the electronic form of the certificates or of the alternative documents other than marks, as specified in Article 13(l)(ii), which is produced to the responsible official body for "documentary checks" in accordance with the provisions of Article 13a(l)(b)(i), upon inspection shall be marked with a "visa" of that body, together with its denomination and the date of presentation of the document.

Expenditure relating to the payment of the Community withdrawal compensation and to Community financing of the operational fund, the specific measures referred to in Article 17 and Articles 53, 54 and 55 and checks by experts of the Member States made available to the Commission in application of Article 40 (1) shall be deemed to be intervention to stabilize the agricultural markets within the meaning of point (b) of Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.

The approval authority of a Contracting Party granting a type-approval pursuant to a Regulation annexed to this Agreement must verify the existence of adequate arrangements and documented control plans, to be agreed with the manufacturer for each approval, to carry out at specified intervals those tests or associated checks necessary to verify continued conformity with the approved type, including, specifically, where applicable, tests specified in the said Regulation.

(2) To ensure that customs offices of exit or the offices to which the T5 control copy is sent follow a uniform practice, and to avoid doubts as to the identity of the goods, which is a precondition for the granting of refunds, there should be provision for a specific substitution check in cases where these customs offices have found that the seals affixed on departure have been removed other than under customs supervision or have been broken or that no dispensation from sealing has been granted.

In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products initialled on 5 May 1993, the Parties agreed that, in conformity with Article 20 (2) of the Agreement, products listed in Annex I to the Agreement originating in Ukraine but not subject to the quantitative limits referred to in Article 2 (1) of the Agreement may be subject either to the double-checking system specified in Protocol A to the Agreement or to a prior system of surveillance.