# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 180/2014 of 20 February 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union, Article 16: Checks

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

1. The administrative checks carried out on the import, entry, export and dispatch of agricultural products shall be exhaustive and shall involve cross-checks with the documents referred to in Article 8(1).
2. The physical checks carried out in the outermost region concerned on the import or entry of agricultural products shall involve a representative sample amounting to at least 5 % of the licences and certificates presented in accordance with Article 9.
The physical checks carried out in the outermost region concerned on the export or dispatch provided for in Section 5 shall involve a representative sample of at least 5 % of the operations, based on the risk profiles established by the Member States.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2008 shall apply mutatis mutandis to those physical checks.
In addition, in special cases the Commission may request that physical checks cover different percentages.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/180/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-180/article-16
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