Article 19
Control plan 1. Member States shall draw up a general control plan for each 12-month period on the basis of risk analysis. This control plan shall include at least: (a) the criteria adopted for drawing up the plan; (b) the purchasers and producers selected; (c) on-the-spot checks to be executed regarding the 12-month period; (d) the controls of transport between producers and purchasers; (e) the controls of the yearly declarations of producers or purchasers. Member States may decide to update the general control plan by more detailed periodic plans. The representativeness of the operators active in the milk sector shall be taken into consideration as regards the risk analysis as well as seasonality of production for the timing of the controls. 2. Controls shall be carried out partly during the 12-month period in question, partly after the 12-month period on the basis of the yearly declarations. 3. Controls shall be deemed to be completed once an inspection report of the controls is available. All inspection reports shall be completed no later than 18 months after the end of the 12-month period concerned. However where the controls as foreseen in Article 20 are combined with other controls, the time limits laid down for other controls and the establishment of the respective inspection reports have to be respected.