Article 17

Without prejudice to the other conditions laid down in Article 20c of Regulation No 136/66/EEC, Chapters 3 and 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2261/84 and this Regulation, producer organisations and associations thereof may not be recognised unless they have given an undertaking:

1. (a)

   to have the administrative structure required for the performance of the tasks with which they are entrusted;

2. (b)

   to have the qualified staff required for the performance of such tasks;

3. (c)

   to draw up quarterly reports on their work and to keep records relating to their management activities;

4. (d)

   subject to observance of the time limit laid down in Article 12(3),

   • in the case of organisations which are nonmembers of an association, to submit to the competent authority each month the aid applications forwarded to them by their members during the preceding month,

   • in the case of organisations which are members of an association, to forward to the association each month the aid applications submitted to them by their members during the preceding month,

   • in the case of associations of producer organisations, to submit to the competent authority each month the aid applications forwarded to them during the preceding month by their member organisations.

Recognition shall depend on observance of all the conditions set out in this Article.