S.L. 433.8 Art. 12Official inspections.

(1) The responsible official body shall ensure that propagation material and fruit trees are officially inspected during production and marketing to verify compliance with the requirements and conditions set out in these regulations. To this effect, the responsible official body shall have free access to all parts of premises of suppliers at all reasonable times. Detailed rules for the application of this sub-regulation have been established in Schedule IV.

(2) The responsible official body may, as stipulated in notices issued by the Director, delegate the tasks provided for in these regulations to be accomplished under its authority and supervision to any legal person, whether governed by public or private law, which, under its officially approved statute, is charged exclusively with specific public functions, provided that such person, and its members, has no personal interest in the outcome of the measures it takes.

(3) Any other legal person established on behalf of the responsible official body and acting under the authority and supervision of such body may be approved in accordance with the procedure of Article 19(2) of Council Directive 2008/90/EC, provided that such person has no personal interest in the outcome of the measures it takes.