Briefings

CHECKS

Checks

Checks.

Checks 1.

PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTIONS AND DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS

Reviews by the Parties at Sessions of the Executive Body

Reviews by the parties at sessions of the executive body

Inspections and tests, repairs, replacements and renovation on an aircraft, engine, propeller, part and equipment of aircraft (hereinafter:

CHECKS AND PENALTIES

First-level checks

Second-level checks

On-the spot-checks

On-the-spot checks

1.On-the-spot checks shall be unannounced.

2.On-the-spot checks shall include in particular:

The checks shall concern the technical aspects of applying:

Checks and verifications by the Member States

Checks and verifications by the Member States

3.On-the-spot checks by remote sensing shall cover either:

Inspections shall be carried out on behalf of the Community, which shall bear the cost involved.

The inspections should cover a sufficient number of characteristics to enable the varieties to be described.

The checks referred to in paragraph 1 may be carried out in respect of the following tasks:

These inspections shall be made on behalf of the Community which shall bear the cost of any expenditure incurred in this connection.

On-the-spot checks shall be made in accordance with Title III of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001.

The checks on the destination of products referred to in (d) in the first subparagraph shall include, in particular:

On-the-spot checks with regard to aid applications for the dairy premium and additional payments

Checks shall cover all the commitments and obligations of a beneficiary which can be checked at the time of the visit.

Checks must cover utensils, fittings and machinery at all stages of production and, if necessary, products.

Reviews pursuant to Article 20 shall in all cases be concluded within nine months of the date of initiation.

Reviews pursuant to paragraph 4 shall in all cases be concluded within nine months of the date of initiation.

In any event, reviews pursuant to Article 18 and 19 shall in all cases be concluded within 15 months of initiation.

The documentary checks provided for in Article 4(3) of Directive 97/78/EC shall be carried out in accordance with Annex I to this Regulation.

The first-level checks provided for in paragraph 1 shall cover 100 % of the quantity of products withdrawn from the market during the marketing year for each product.

Checks of such raw materials will be more effective if the quantities delivered correspond to such representative yields.

On-the-spot checks related to applications for seed aid in accordance with Article 99 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall cover in particular:

On-the-spot checks shall be spread over the year on the basis of an analysis of the risks presented by each rural development measure.

On-the-spot checks shall cover the eligibility conditions, in particular on the basis of the farmers accounting or other registers.

2.On-the-spot checks in slaughterhouses shall comprise physical checks of slaughtering procedures carried out on the day of the on-the-spot check on the basis of a sample.

Inspection and supervision of establishments shall be carried out under the responsibility of the official veterinarian who, in accordance with Article 8 (2), may be assisted in purely material tasks by auxiliaries.

The reviews of all active substances were finalised on 13 February 2004 in the format of the Commission review reports for alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham.

The reviews of alpha-cypermethrin, benalaxyl, bromoxynil, desmedipham, ioxynil and phenmedipham did not reveal any open questions or concerns, which would have required a consultation of the Scientific Committee on Plants.

On-the-spot checks of areas, as a general rule, consist of two parts, the first of which relates to verifications and measurements of declared agricultural parcels on the basis of graphic material, aerial photography and so forth.

On-the-spot checks shall cover all the agricultural parcels for which aid is requested under aid schemes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, except those related to applications for seed aid in accordance with Article 99 of that Regulation.

1.On-the-spot checks shall cover all livestock for which aid applications have been submitted under the aid schemes to be checked and, in the case of checks of the bovine aid schemes, also the unclaimed bovine animals.

The checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall comprise documentary and, if necessary, on-the-spot checks on intervention operations at the premises of producer organisations and the recipients of withdrawn products, in order to ensure that the requisite conditions for payment of Community withdrawal compensation have been complied with.

The checks referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made each year on at least 30 % of the producer organisations concerned and the recipients associated with those organisations and, for each producer organisation concerned, at least once every five years during which withdrawals are carried out.

The on-the-spot checks in slaughterhouses shall comprise a posteriori scrutiny of documents, a comparison with the entries in the computerised database for bovine animals and checks of summaries relating to the slaughter certificates or information in place thereof, which were sent to other Member States in accordance with Article Article 35(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999.

The checks referred to in the fourth indent of point (b) shall be made individually for each individual male bovine still kept under the retention obligation, for which an application has been submitted for the special beef premium with the exception of those submitted in accordance with Article 123(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.

2.The checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall, as a general rule, be carried out as part of one control visit and shall consist of a verification of the requirements and standards the compliance with which may be checked at the time of that visit, aiming to detect any possible non-compliance with those requirements and standards and, in addition, to identify cases to be submitted for further checks.