1.Member States shall carry out administrative checks on the aid applications including a verification of the eligible area and the corresponding payment entitlements.
2.Administrative checks shall be supplemented by a system of on-the-spot checks to verify eligibility for the aid. For this purpose, Member States shall draw up a sampling plan of agricultural holdings.
Member States may use remote sensing techniques as a means to carry out on-the-spot checks on agricultural parcels.
3.Each Member State shall designate an authority responsible for coordinating the checks provided for in this Chapter.
Where the Member State provides for the delegation of some aspects of the work to be carried out under this Chapter to specialised agencies or firms, the designated authority shall retain control over, and responsibility for, that work.