Article 7 Granting and withdrawal of approval

Approval as referred to in Article 2(2) and (3) shall be requested by the party concerned before the beginning of the marketing year.

Approval shall be granted by the competent authority of the Member State before the beginning of the marketing year. In exceptional cases, provisional approval may be granted by the competent authority during a period not exceeding two months after the beginning of the marketing year in question. In such cases, the undertaking shall be deemed approved pending the granting of definitive approval by the competent authority.

Notwithstanding Article 30, where one or more of the conditions laid down in Articles 5 or 6 are no longer met the competent authority shall withdraw approval, unless the processing undertaking or purchaser of fodder for drying and/or grinding does what is required to comply once more with those conditions within a time limit to be fixed in accordance with the seriousness of the problem.