{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/820",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/820 of 31 May 2018 granting a derogation requested by the Netherlands pursuant to Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (notified under document C(2018) 3222) (Only the Dutch text is authentic)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-820",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Controls and inspections",
  "text": "1. The competent authorities shall carry out administrative controls in respect of all applications for authorisation for the assessment of compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 7 and 8. Where it is demonstrated that those conditions are not fulfilled, the application shall be refused and the applicant shall be informed of the reasons for the refusal.\nThe competent authorities shall carry out administrative controls for at least 5 % of the grassland farms covered by authorisations with regard to land use, livestock number and manure production.\n2. The competent authorities shall establish a programme for field inspections of grassland farms covered by authorisations on a risk basis and with appropriate frequency, taking account of the results of controls of the previous years and the results of general random controls of legislation implementing Directive 91/676/EEC and any other information that might indicate non-compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 7 and 8.\nField inspections shall be carried out in at least 5 % of the grassland farms covered by authorisations to assess compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 7 and 8. Those inspections shall be complemented by the inspections and controls referred to in Article 4(2)(c).\n3. Where it is established in any year that a grassland farm covered by an authorisation did not fulfil the conditions set out in Articles 7 and 8, the holder of the authorisation shall be sanctioned in accordance with national rules and shall not be eligible for an authorisation the following year.\n4. The competent authorities shall be granted the necessary powers and means to verify compliance with the conditions for an authorisation granted under this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/820/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:05.957757+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}