Article 153 Statutes of producer organisations

apply the rules adopted by the producer organisation relating to production reporting, production, marketing and protection of the environment;

be members of only one producer organisation for any given product of the holding; however F1nothing in this Regulation prevents the Secretary of State from providing that this condition does not apply in duly justified cases where producer members hold two distinct production units located in different geographical areas;

provide the information requested by the producer organisation for statistical purposes.

procedures for determining, adopting and amending the rules referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1;

the imposition on members of financial contributions needed to finance the producer organisation;

rules enabling the producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions;

penalties for infringement of obligations under the statutes, particularly for non-payment of financial contributions, or of the rules laid down by the producer organisation;

rules on the admission of new members, and in particular the minimum period of membership which may not be less than one year;

the accounting and budgetary rules necessary for the operation of the organisation.