1.The competent authority shall carry out non-discriminatory inspections to verify compliance with the requirements of this Directive.
Such inspections shall be carried out on an adequate proportion of animals kept within each Member State, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, and may be carried out at the same time as checks for other purposes.
Member States shall put in place appropriate procedures for determining the stocking density.
2.Member States shall submit to the Commission by 30 June each year an annual report for the previous year on the inspections provided for in paragraph 1. The report shall be accompanied by a list of the most relevant actions taken by the competent authority to address the main welfare problems detected.