Article 41.

Lithuania shall take all measures necessary, including exhaustive administrative and physical controls, to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down in this Regulation. Furthermore, the Lithuanian authorities shall:

(a)

supervise the transport of the animals from the holding to the slaughterhouse using standardised checklists incorporating weighing and counting sheets, including origin and destination of the animals;

(b)

ensure that the meat derived from animals for which aid is granted comply with the restrictions applicable to the territories referred to in point (a) of Article 1(2);

(c)

perform at least once per calendar month, administrative and accounting controls at each participating slaughterhouse to ensure that all animals delivered, and for which an application of aid can be lodged, since 17 February 2014 or since the last such control, as well as the meat derived from have been handled in accordance with this Regulation;

(d)

provide for on-the-spot checks and detailed reports on those checks indicating in particular:

(i)

the weight and number of piglets, pigs and sows per batch transported from the farm, the date and time of their transport to and arrival at a slaughterhouse;

(ii)

the number of piglets, pigs and sows slaughtered by the slaughterhouse, the animal movement permit, and for pigs and sows the weight of each carcass, as well as, for the animals slaughtered from the entry into force of this Regulation, the seal numbers of the transport means for those animals.

The controls and checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out before payment of the aid. Lithuania shall inform the Commission of the measures and controls introduced in accordance with this Article not later than 10 days after the entry into force of this Regulation.