Checks
Article 29
1. Without prejudice to specific provisions of this Regulation or other Union legislation, Member States shall introduce checks and measures in so far as they are necessary to ensure the proper application of the rules for the support programmes in the wine sector laid down in Section 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 and this Regulation. They shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive so that they provide adequate protection for the financial interests of the Union. 2. In particular, Member States shall ensure that: (a) all eligibility criteria established by Union or national legislation or the national framework can be checked; (b) only operations that are verifiable and controllable are selected; (c) the competent authorities responsible for carrying out checks have a sufficient number of suitably qualified and experienced staff to carry out the checks effectively; (d) provision is made for checks to avoid irregular duplicated financing of the measures under Section 4 of Chapter II of Title I of Part II of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and other Union or national schemes; (e) the definition of methods and means for verification that are in line with the nature of the support measure concerned and specify who shall be subject to checks; (f) in the case of sampling, Member States shall ensure that, by their number, nature and frequency, on-the-spot checks are representative of the entirety of their territory and correspond, where applicable, to the volume of the wine products marketed or held with a view to their marketing.