# 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, Article 22: Intensity of controls

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

1. The controls referred to in Article 21(1) shall cover at least:
(a) 1 % of the producers for each 12-month period;
(b) 20 % of the quantity of milk declared after adjustment for the period concerned; and
(c) a representative sample of transport of milk between selected producers and purchasers.
The transport controls referred to in point (c) shall be carried out in particular at unloading at the dairies.
2. Controls referred to in Article 21(2) shall cover at least:
(a) 5 % of producers; or
(b) the following two groups:
(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;
(ii) 5 % of producers who do not satisfy the conditions set out in point (i).
3. Each purchaser shall be controlled at least once in five years.
4. 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/595/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-595/article-22
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