Article 4
1.The competent authority of each Member State shall:
(a)carry out the necessary checks of stocks and of their movements within its territory;
(b)adopt all necessary additional measures to take account of the special conditions within its territory and in particular of the periods during which stocks and their movements are to be subject to checks.
2.Member States shall send to the Commission not later than 31 December of the year in question a written report on the operation of this Regulation, indicating the quantities of barley and malt in stock at the end of the marketing year and the quantities of malt exported under this Regulation.
3.In each Member State the competent authority shall be the intervention agency or such other body as the Member State shall designate.