Article 8

The Portuguese authorities shall make on-the-spot checks on the buyers referred to in the aid applications. The checks shall be carried out on the accounts referred to in Article 6 and shall cover at least 20 % of the quantity of cereals for which aid has been requested and 10 % of the buyers concerned.

Each on-the-spot check shall be recorded in a report.

At the end of the marketing year the Portuguese authorities shall cross-check all the aid applications and the crop declarations relating to them. If such checking reveals a discrepancy between a producer's aid application and his production capacity, the Member State shall conduct a thorough examination of all the applications submitted by that producer.