
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1975/2006 of 7 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, as regards the implementation of control procedures as well as cross-compliance in respect of rural development support measures (repealed) 

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PART I
Scope and general provisions
Scope
Article 1 
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Application of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
Article 2 
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Definitions
Article 3 
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Applications for support and payment claims
Article 4 
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General principles of control
Article 5 
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PART II
Administration and control rules
TITLE I
Rural development support for certain measures under Axis 2 and Axis 4
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Scope and definitions
Article 6 
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Application of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004
Article 7 
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Payment claims
Article 8 
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Payments
Article 9 
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CHAPTER II
Controls, reductions and exclusions
General principles
Article 10 
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SECTION I
Respect of the eligibility criteria
SUBSECTION I
Controls
Administrative checks
Article 11 
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On-the-spot checks
Article 12 
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Control report
Article 13 
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General principles concerning on-the-spot checks
Article 14 
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Elements of the on-the-spot checks and determination of areas
Article 15 
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SUBSECTION II
Reductions and exclusions
Area-related measures
Article 16 
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Animal-related measures
Article 17 
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Reductions and exclusions in the case of non-respect of eligibility criteria
Article 18 
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SECTION II
Respect of cross-compliance
SUBSECTION I
Controls
General principles
Article 19 
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On-the-spot checks
Article 20 
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Selection of the control sample
Article 21 
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SUBSECTION II
Reductions and exclusions
General
Article 22 
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Calculation of reductions and exclusions
Article 23 
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Accumulation of reductions
Article 24 
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TITLE II
Rural development support under Axis 1 and Axis 3 and certain measures under Axis 2 and Axis 4
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Scope
Article 25 
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SECTION I
Controls
Administrative checks
Article 26 
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On-the-spot checks
Article 27 
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Content of on-the-spot checks
Article 28 
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Control report
Article 28a 
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Control of Early retirement and semi-subsistence farming measures
Article 29 
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Ex-post checks
Article 30 
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SECTION II
Reductions and exclusions
Reductions and exclusions
Article 31 
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CHAPTER II
Specific provisions for Axis 4 (Leader)
Controls
Article 32 
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Responsibilities for control
Article 33 
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PART III
Final Provisions
Notifications
Article 34 
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Control by the Commission
Article 35 
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Reporting of controls to the paying agency
Article 36 
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Entry into force
Article 37 
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ANNEX
INDICATIVE DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR A SUFFICIENT AUDIT TRAIL

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