Checks on weight and related costs
Article 38
1. The experts referred to in Article 35 shall check the weight of the sugar sold. The seller shall take all steps necessary to allow the experts to check the weight and to take samples. 2. The costs of checking the weight shall be borne by the seller. 3. The cost of the experts who check the weight and do the sampling shall be borne by the intervention agency. 4. The quantity can be established on the basis of the stock accounts, which must meet professional specifications and the intervention agency's requirements, provided that: (a) the stock records show the weight recorded on weighing and the physical quality characteristics at the time of weighing. The weighing may not have been carried out more than 10 months previously; (b) the storekeeper declares that the lot offered corresponds in all respects to the details contained in the stock records; (c) the quality characteristics established at the time of weighing are the same as those of the representative samples.