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Article 22 Extension of rules of producer organisations

United Kingdom

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

1.

A F1fisheries administration may make the rules agreed within a producer organisation binding on producers who are not members of the organisation and who market any of the products within the area in which the producer organisation is representative, provided that:

(a)

the producer organisation has been established for a period of at least one year and is considered to be representative of production and marketing, including, where relevant, the small–scale and artisanal sector, in F2the United Kingdom and makes an application to F3a fisheries administration;

(b)

the rules to be extended concern any of the measures for producer organisations laid down in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 8(1), points (a) and (b) of Article 8(2) and points (a) to (e) of Article 8(3);

(c)

the competition rules referred to in Chapter V are complied with.

2.

For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, a fishery producer organisation is considered to be representative where it accounts for at least 55 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area in which it is proposed to extend the rules.

3.

For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, an aquaculture producer organisation is considered to be representative where it accounts for at least 40 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area in which it is proposed to extend the rules.

4.

The rules to be extended to non-members shall apply for a period of between 60 days and 12 months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Art. 22(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 19(18)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2

Words in Art. 22(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 19(18)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 22(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/739), regs. 1, 19(18)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)