Article 3

The minimum volume of marketable bananas and the minimum number of members which producers' organizations must have pursuant to Article 5 (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 shall be as set out in Annex I.

For the purposes of paragraph 1, the production to be taken into account shall be the average banana production marketed by all the producers belonging to the organization applying for recognition during the three marketing years prior to such recognition.

However, where a production area has shown a fall in production due to exceptional weather conditions during the period referred to in the first sub paragraph, the volume of production in one or more marketing years prior to the exceptional weather may be taken into consideration.