{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/595",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Intensity of controls",
  "text": "1. The controls referred to in Article 21(1) shall cover at least:\n(a) 1 % of the producers for each 12-month period;\n(b) 20 % of the quantity of milk declared after adjustment for the period concerned; and\n(c) a representative sample of transport of milk between selected producers and purchasers.\nThe transport controls referred to in point (c) shall be carried out in particular at unloading at the dairies.\n2. Controls referred to in Article 21(2) shall cover at least:\n(a) 5 % of producers; or\n(b) the following two groups:\n(i) 1 % of producers whose individual reference quantity for direct sales is less than 5 000 kg and whose declared direct sales for the 12-month period concerned is less than 5 000 kg of milk or milk equivalent;\n(ii) 5 % of producers who do not satisfy the conditions set out in point (i).\n3. Each purchaser shall be controlled at least once in five years.\n4. If a control reveals significant irregularities or discrepancies in a region or part of a region, the competent authority shall double the number of controls during the 12-month period concerned and the following 12-month period in that region or part of that region.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 760/2012 of 21 August 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 as regards the intensity of controls carried out by Member States in the framework of the milk quota system."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 228/2008 of 13 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 with regard to intensity of controls on deliveries and direct sales of milk."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 760/2012 of 21 August 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 as regards the intensity of controls carried out by Member States in the framework of the milk quota system."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/595/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:39.658206+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}