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

‘3 Controls shall be deemed to be completed once an inspection report of the controls is available. All inspection reports shall be completed no later than 18 months after the end of the 12-month period concerned. However, where the controls provided for in Article 20 are combined with other controls, the time limits laid down for other controls and the establishment of the respective inspection reports shall be respected.’;

‘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.’

‘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.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 April 2012.