1.Member States shall draw up programmes for scrutinies to be carried out pursuant to Article 2 during the subsequent scrutiny period.
2.Each year, before 15 April, the Member States shall send the Commission their programme as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall specify:
(a)the number of undertakings to be scrutinised and their breakdown by sector on the basis of the amounts relating to them;
(b)the criteria adopted for drawing up the programme.
3.The programmes established by the Member States and forwarded to the Commission shall be implemented by the Member States, if, within eight weeks, the Commission has not made known its comments.
4.Amendments made by the Member States to the programmes shall be subject to the same procedure.
5.Exceptionally, at any stage, the Commission may request the inclusion of a particular category of undertaking in the programme of one or more Member States.