Form and timing of checks
Article 4
1. Without prejudice to any specific provisions which require more extensive checks, physical checks shall take the form of spot checks conducted frequently and without prior warning. 2. Physical checks concerning which the exporter has received express or tacit prior warning shall not count as checks. This paragraph shall not apply where the accounts of an undertaking are audited in accordance with point 3 of Annex I. 3. Member States shall ensure that there are variations in the start of the physical check at the exporter’s premises by comparison with the indicated time for starting loading as referred to in Article 5(7) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.