Article 2
1. Upon reception of each consignment, processors shall examine the quality of the raw material on the basis of samples. The competent authorities in the Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the procedure followed in taking and examining samples guarantees objectivity and selects samples representative of each consignment. The producer organisation or its representative may be present at this procedure, which may also be conducted by a third party designated by both parties. 2. The examination referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish the percentage by weight of defective raw material for each type of defect defined in Article 3 and the total of these percentages, rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. If this total exceeds the 10 % limit, the consignment shall not be eligible for aid. 3. The reduction rate referred to in Article 11(1)(e) and Article 13(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001 shall, for each eligible consignment, be the total referred to in paragraph 2. 4. The price to be paid by the processor, as referred to in Article 3(4)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 449/2001, on the one hand, and the unit amount of production aid, on the other, shall apply to the net weight delivered once the reduction rate has been applied.