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.]
Textual Amendments
[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 ).]