Article 7

The Portuguese authorities shall set up a system of on-the-spot administrative checks ensuring that the conditions for the grant of the aid are met.

They shall carry out on-the-spot random checks on the accuracy of the applications submitted and on the crop declarations referred to in Article 4.

The on-the-spot checks on the crop declarations shall be carried out on at least:

• 5 % of the crop declarations relating to less than 25 ha,

• 20 % of the crop declarations relating to more than 25 ha but less than 250 ha

and on all the crop declarations relating to more than 250 ha.