Article 11
1. Successful tenderers shall undergo any controls conducted by or on behalf of the Commission at the time of production, packaging, storage where applicable, and loading. Such controls shall relate to the quantity, quality, identity, health status, and, where applicable, packaging and marking of the supply. The results of these controls are opposable by all interested parties to the extent that the latter have had the possibility to participate in the controls. On completion of the controls, a certificate of conformity shall be issued. If the quality delivered by the intervention agency does not conform to the minimum norms prescribed for intervention, Article 2 (3) (c) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3597/90 (1) shall apply. 2. Verification of conformity of the supply as regards quantity, quality and, where applicable, health status, packaging and marking shall be carried out in the country of destination by a control agency or company designated by the Commission. A certificate of conformity, or where applicable non-conformity, specifying the details and results of the controls carried out, shall be issued to the successful tenderer on completion of such verification and shall also be forwarded directly to the Commission. 3. The control agencies or companies entrusted with verification shall take and analyse representative samples on behalf of the Commission at the time of loading in the Community and at destination. Additional samples, to be used in the case of disputes, shall be retained on behalf of the Commission. 4. The agency responsible for the controls referred to in paragraph 1 shall seal the means of transport at the time of loading. In the case of transhipment, a control agency or company, designated by the Commission, shall carry out a verification of the integrity of the seals on the means of transport arriving at the points of transhipment, and shall seal the means of transport used after the transhipment. 5. The costs of the controls shall be borne by the Community.