Types of checks
Article 3
Member States shall carry out: (a) physical checks on products in accordance with Article 4, at the time the customs export formalities are completed and before authorisation is given for the products in question to be exported, on the basis of documents submitted in support of the export declaration; (b) checks on the integrity of seals in accordance with Article 7; (c) substitution checks in accordance with Article 8; (d) specific substitution checks in accordance with Article 9; and (e) scrutiny of the documents in the payment application file in accordance with Article 12. For other amounts, the application of physical checks is determined in Regulations (EC) No 793/2006, (EC) No 967/2006 and (EC) No 1914/2006.