Regulation (EC) No 464/1999 is hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:
"Article 2
To qualify for payment of the aid referred to in Article 6a of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96, prunes must comply with the characteristics set out in Annex I(B) and have been obtained from dried plums complying with the characteristics set out in Annex I(A) for which the minimum price has been paid in full, on the basis of the quantities delivered free from waste."
2. Article 6 is replaced by the following:
"Article 6
Member States shall take the necessary steps to satisfy themselves, in particular by checking stock records, that the overall quantities marketed or held in stock by each processor match the quantities for which aid is paid."
3. Point 3 of Section I of Annex I(B) is replaced by the following:
"3. The lots of prunes must be checked by the processor when they arrive on the processor's premises, in the presence of a representative of the producer organisation, and must be size-graded unless intended for industrial use."