Article 14

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1. For the purpose of monitoring, by the holder, compliance with the provisions of Article 14 of the basic Regulation as specified in this Regulation, as far as the fulfilment of obligations of the farmer is concerned, the farmer shall, on request of the holder:
(a) provide evidence supporting his statements of information under Article 8, through disclosure of available relevant documents such as invoices, used labels, or any other appropriate device such as that required pursuant Article 13 (1) (a), relating to:
- the supply of services of processing the product of the harvest of a variety of the holder for planting, by any third person, or

- in the case of Articles 8 (2) (e), the supply of propagating material of a variety of the holder,
or through the demonstration of land or storage facilities.
(b) make available or accessible the proof required under Article 4 (3) or 7 (5).

2. Without prejudice to other Community legislation or to legislation of Member States, farmers shall be required to conserve any of such document or device referred to in paragraph 1 for at least the period of time specified in Article 8 (3), provided that, in the case of used labels, the information by which the propagating material referred to in Article 8 (3) second subparagraph was accompanied included the advice for the conservation of the label relating to that material.