Article 10

For the purposes of control, olive growers referred to in Article 9(1)(f) having received more than 200 litres of oil shall keep until the end of the marketing year following that in question a record of the destination of the oil produced from their olives, or where appropriate a sales invoice or other documentary evidence.

Moreover, the grower shall present to the competent body in the Member State or where appropriate to the producers' organisation of which he is a member, from the 1999/2000 marketing year and before 1 December, a declaration of the quantities for each main destination of the oil obtained in the preceding marketing year, and a statement of the stock situation on 1 November.

‘F1Producers’ organisations shall notify the information in the second subparagraph to the control agency or, in the absence of such as agency, to the competent body in the Member State, before 1 January. The Member States shall notify the Commission thereof before 15 January.

The main consignees of oil as referred to in Article 9(1)(f) other than those referred to in paragraph 1 shall hold at the disposal of the control authorities the documents necessary to enable the authorities to check that the said consignees did indeed take delivery of the oil in question. The definition of ‘main consignee’ and the determination of the necessary documents shall be a matter for the Member State.

In the absence of the declaration of the quantities for each destination and the statement of the stock situation referred to in paragraph 1, the Member State concerned shall apply an appropriate penalty.