# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 809/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the integrated administration and control system, rural development measures and cross compliance, Article 49: On-the-spot-checks

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

(1.) The relevant authority shall organise on-the-spot checks on approved operations using an appropriate sampling basis. Those checks shall, to the extent possible, be carried out before the final payment is made for an operation.
By way of derogation from the first sub-paragraph, no physical inspection is required for the on-the-spot checks related to claim year 2021. The competent authority will draw a definitive conclusion from the use of photo-interpretation of satellite or aerial ortho-images or other relevant evidence including such evidence provided by the beneficiary at the request of the competent authority.
(2.) The inspectors undertaking the on-the-spot check shall not have been involved in administrative checks of the same operation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/809/article/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-809/article-49
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