# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2799/1999 of 17 December 1999 laying down detailed rules for applying Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the grant of aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder intended for animal feed and the sale of such skimmed-milk powder, Article 17

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The arrangements for inspecting the use of skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder, whether unaltered or in a mixture, in the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs, shall be determined by the Member State concerned and must fulfil at least the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 5.
2. Inspection of the undertakings concerned shall cover, in particular:
(a) the composition of the skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder used unaltered;
(b) the composition of mixtures used;
(c) the composition of the compound feedingstuffs manufactured.
3. Inspection of undertakings shall take place on the premises and shall relate in particular to the manufacturing conditions as established by:
(a) inspecting the raw materials used;
(b) checking incoming and outgoing products;
(c) sampling;
(d) checking the records referred to in Article 14(1).
4. Inspections shall be unannounced and shall be made at least once in every 14 days of manufacture. Their frequency shall be determined on the basis of the quantities of skimmed-milk powder used by the undertaking and the frequency with which its accounts are scrutinised under paragraph 5.
Undertakings not constantly using skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder shall forward their manufacturing programme to the inspecting agency of the Member State concerned so that the latter may arrange the corresponding inspections.
The above inspection frequency shall not apply in cases where the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs is the subject of continuous inspection on the premises.
5. The inspections referred to in paragraph 4 shall be supplemented by thorough and unannounced scrutiny of commercial documents and of the records referred to in Article 14(1).
Such scrutiny shall be carried out at least once every 12 months. Where it is carried out at least once every three months, the frequency of the inspections referred to in paragraph 3 may be reduced from at least once in every 14 days to at least once in every 28 days of manufacture.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2799/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2799/article-17
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