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1. Each competent authority shall require any undertaking holding stocks in the territory of the other Contracting Party to furnish it with a statistical return, at least monthly, of those stocks within six weeks of the expiry of the period to which the return relates.
2. Each statistical return to be furnished under paragraph 1 of this Article shall include particulars of:
a) the name and address of the undertaking holding the stocks in the territory of the other Contracting Party and, where applicable, the name and address of the undertaking established in the territory of the Contracting Party where the stocks are to be held, which is to hold the stocks on its behalf;
b) the category and quantity of the stocks; and
c) location, if known, of the depot(s) where the stocks are held.
3. Each competent authority shall from time to time and, in particular, whenever so requested by the competent authority of the other Contracting Party, undertake any inspections, checks or other verification measures which it considers appropriate in respect of stocks accepted as being stocks to which this Agreement applies and shall notify the competent authority of the other Contracting Party immediately of any material discrepancy or irregularity which those measures reveal.