The customs administration is empowered to check the beneficiaries of benefits granted under the internal system by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, or by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, as well as those liable for the sums due under the internal system to these bodies. The information gathered in this way may be passed on to the paying agencies and to the Interministerial Commission for the Coordination of Controls.
These checks are carried out in accordance with article 65 above. Those responsible for irregularities must pay the sums unduly obtained and the sums evaded on the basis of a recovery notice drawn up by the competent intervention agency.
The provisions of this Code relating to sums evaded or compromised during foreign trade operations are also applicable to irregularities detected during these controls.