Article 14
Controls 1. Simplified aid applications shall not be included in the control rates for on-the spot checks for livestock aid and area aid applications provided for in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2419/200. 2. For the first year of application of the simplified scheme, a minimum of 2 % of simplified aid applications shall be selected for on-the-spot checks. For the following years, a minimum of 3 % of farmers having applied for or participating in the simplified scheme shall be selected for on-the-spot checks. 3. Applicants who have been subject to an on-the-spot check in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2419/2001 in the year in which they join the simplified scheme, shall be counted towards the simplified scheme sample.