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1. In a duly substantiated communication, the Commission shall give notice of an inspection in good time to the Member State in which the inspection is to take place. Agents of the Member State concerned may participate in such inspection.

2. Inspections shall be carried out by the authorised agents. For the purposes of the organisation of the work, the authorised agents shall establish the necessary contacts with the competent authorities of the Member States.

3. For the inspections in which the Commission is involved, the organisation of the work and relations with the departments involved in the inspection shall be ensured by the department designated by the Member State concerned.

4. On-the-spot inspections relating to traditional own resources referred to in point (d) of Article 2(3) shall be carried out by the authorised agents. For the purposes of the organisation of the work and relations with the departments, and where appropriate, the debtors involved in the inspection, the authorised agents shall, prior to any on-the-spot inspections, establish the necessary contacts with the officials designated by the Member State concerned. For this type of inspection, the terms of reference shall be set out in a document indicating the aim and purpose of the inspection.

5. The Member States shall ensure that the departments or agencies responsible for calculating, establishing, collecting and making available the own resources, and the authorities which they have instructed to carry out the inspections thereon, provide the authorised agents with the assistance necessary for carrying out their duties. For the purposes of on-the-spot inspections relating to traditional own resources referred to in point (d) of Article 2(3) Member States concerned shall inform the Commission in good time of the identity and capacity of the persons appointed to take part in these inspections and shall afford the authorised agents every assistance necessary for carrying out their duties.

6. The results of the controls and inspections referred to in Article 2, except the inspections carried out by the Member States, shall be brought to the attention of the Member State concerned through the appropriate channels within a period of three months. The Member State shall submit its observations within three months following receipt of the report. However, for duly substantiated reasons, the Commission may request the Member State concerned to submit observations on specific points within a period of one month following receipt of the report. The Member State concerned may decline to respond by means of a communication stating the reasons which prevent it from responding to the Commission’s request. The results and observations referred to in the first subparagraph, together with the summary report prepared in connection with controls on the own resources referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 2(1) of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053, shall be brought to the attention of all Member States. If the on-the-spot inspections or other inspections in which the Commission is involved, where the inspections relate to traditional own resources, identify the need for amendment or correction of data in the statements or declarations sent to the Commission regarding own resources and the resultant corrections are to be made via a current statement or declaration then the relevant changes shall be identified, in the statement or declaration so used, by means of appropriate notes.