The inspections required pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 13(8) of Directive 2000/29/EC shall be made by responsible official bodies.
Without prejudice to the monitoring referred to in the second indent of Article 21(3) of Directive 2000/29/EC, the Commission shall determine to which extent the inspections referred to in the second indent of Article 21(3), of that Directive shall be integrated into the inspection programme in accordance with the fifth subparagraph of Article 21(5) of that Directive.
The responsible official bodies and, as appropriate, the experts referred to in Article 21(3) of Directive 2000/29/EC shall check the importers premises to confirm details of the quantities of seed potatoes imported from Canada, the colour coding, the numbered labels and the destinations for planting at premises listed under Article 1 of Directive 93/50/EEC.