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Article 9 Checks

United Kingdom

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1.

For each producer organisation and each producer, the following checks shall be carried out:

(a)

physical checks, to verify that the quantities tally with the delivery certificates referred to in Article 7(2) and comply with the minimum quality requirements laid down in Article 9, on at least:

  1. (i)

    5 % of the quantities delivered for processing where the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(5) have not been met,

  2. (ii)

    50 % of the quantities delivered for processing where the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 5(5) have been met,

(b)

administrative and accounting checks, to verify:

  1. (i)

    as regards the producer organisations, that the total quantities of products marketed, the total quantities of products delivered for processing, the total of the delivery certificates referred to in Article 7(2), and the total of the quantities stated in the aid applications tally with the payments received from the processor;

  2. (ii)

    as regards the processor, that the quantity of finished products obtained from the raw materials received tallies with the quantities of finished products sold.

2.

For the purposes laid down in point (b)(ii) of paragraph 1, processors who sign contracts with producer organisations shall keep the following information for at least three years:

(a)

the total quantities of raw materials received;

(b)

the quantities of product received from producer organisations benefiting from the provisions of this Regulation, broken down by producer organisation;

(c)

the quantities of each finished product obtained from each of the quantities referred to in the first indent;

(d)

the quantities of each finished product in stock at the start and end of the quarter.