Checks on withdrawal, non-harvesting and green harvesting operations
Article 7
1. The withdrawal operations referred to in Articles 3 and 4 shall be subject to first-level checks in accordance with Article 108 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011. However, those checks shall cover at least 10 % of the quantity of products withdrawn from the market and at least 10 % of producer organisations benefiting from the Union financial assistance referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation. However, for withdrawal operations referred to in Article 4(5), the first-level checks shall cover 100 % of the quantity of products withdrawn. 2. Non-harvesting and green harvesting operations as referred to in Articles 5 and 6 shall be subject to the checks and conditions provided for in Article 110 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, except as regards the requirement that no partial harvest has taken place where the derogation provided for in Article 5(3) of this Regulation is applied. Checks shall cover at least 25 % of the producing areas concerned. For non-harvesting and green harvesting operations referred to in Article 6, the checks shall cover 100 % of the producing areas concerned. 3. The withdrawal operations referred to in Articles 3 and 4 shall be subject to second-level checks in accordance with Article 109 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011. However, the on-the-spot checks shall cover at least 40 % of the entities subject to the first-level checks and at least 5 % of the quantity of products withdrawn from the market. 4. Member States shall take the appropriate control measures to ensure that withdrawals, non-harvesting and green harvesting operations for tomatoes only cover varieties intended for fresh consumption.