1.With a view to verifying the quality requirements as laid down in Part I of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238, samples shall be taken by the paying agency in the presence of the operator or his/her duly authorised agent.U.K.
Three representative samples, each weighing a minimum of one kilogram, shall be collected. One each shall go to:
(a)
the operator;
(b)
the storage place where takeover is to take place;
(c)
the paying agency.
To make up the representative samples, the number of individual samples to be taken shall be obtained by dividing the quantity of the lot by 10 tonnes. Each individual sample shall weigh the same. The representative samples shall be made up of the sum of the individual samples, divided by three.
The quality requirements shall be verified using the representative sample intended for the store where takeover is to take place.