# Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC, Article 37: On-the-spot checks by the Commission

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

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers, may organise joint on-the-spot checks with the EU Commission in Great Britain at the premises of any beneficiary of EU expenditure incurred or committed before IP completion day, with a view to verifying in particular:
(a)the effective implementation of the measures benefitting from the EU financial contribution;
(b)the compliance of administrative practices with EU rules;
(c)the existence of the requisite supporting documents and their correlation with the measures benefitting from an EU contribution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/652/article/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-652/article-37
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