§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the number of IACS checks carried out in each of the EU member states. [73291]
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§ Mr. RookerThe following information has been provided by the European Commission for the total number of IACS applications subject to administrative checks in Member States during 1997:
Member Number Luxembourg 2,183 Belgium 45,019 Netherlands 51,276 Denmark 63,134 Sweden 66,745 Finland 79,644 Ireland 134,915 United Kingdom 146,241 Portugal 156,073 Austria 170,635 Greece 327,797 Germany 392,975 Spain 449,300 France 466,526 Italy 709,806 All Member States also carried out on-the-spot controls in respect of a proportion of applications.