1.Prior to granting payment, Member States carry out administrative checks on all applications for aid made by producer groups, as well as on-the-spot checks on by sampling.
2.Following the submission of the application for aid referred to in Article 47, Member States shall carry out on-the-spot checks on producer groups so as to ensure compliance with the conditions for grant of aid for the year in question.
Those checks shall in particular concern:
(a)compliance with the recognition criteria for the year in question; and
(b)the value of marketed production as well as the implementation of the measures contained in the recognition plan and the expenses incurred.
3.The checks referred to in paragraph 2 shall relate to a significant sample of applications each year. The sample shall represent at least 30 % of the total amount of aid.
All producer groups shall be checked at least once every five years.
4.Articles 107 and 109 shall apply mutatis mutandis.