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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 180/2014 of 20 February 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union

Article 16U.K.Checks

1.The administrative checks carried out on the import, entry, export and dispatch of agricultural products shall be exhaustive and shall involve cross-checks with the documents referred to in Article 8(1).

[F12. The physical checks carried out in the outermost region concerned on the import or entry of agricultural products shall involve a representative sample amounting to at least 5 % of the licences and certificates presented in accordance with Article 9.

The physical checks carried out in the outermost region concerned on the export or dispatch provided for in Section 5 shall involve a representative sample of at least 5 % of the operations, based on the risk profiles established by the Member States.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2008 (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to those physical checks.

In addition, in special cases the Commission may request that physical checks cover different percentages.]

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[F1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2008 of 17 December 2008 on the monitoring by physical checks of exports of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts ( OJ L 339, 18.12.2008, p. 53 ).]