191In any event, even if the errors made in the producers’ applications were genuine, the Hellenic Republic does not demonstrate the need to carry out further checks, the duration of which justified the delays in payment (see, to that effect, Case T-33/07 Greece v Commission, paragraph 39 above, paragraph 375). In that regard, it should be observed that the 4% threshold laid down in Article 4(2) of Regulation No 296/96 is intended precisely to give Member States the opportunity to carry out additional checks without the number of months’ delay affecting payments which do not exceed that threshold (Case T-243/05 Greece v Commission, paragraph 122 above, paragraph 116).
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