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Article 1 Conditions under which a proposing organisation may submit a simple ... programmeF1F7

United Kingdom

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1.

The proposing organisations as referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 may submit a proposal for an information and promotion programme provided that they are representative of the sector or product concerned as follows:

(a)

trade or inter-trade organisation, established in F2the United Kingdom, as referred to in Article 7(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 respectively, shall be deemed to be representative of the sector concerned by the programme:

  1. (i)

    where it accounts for at least 50 % as a proportion of the number of producers, or 50 % of the volume or value of marketable production of the product(s) or sector concerned, in the F3constituent nation or the United Kingdom as a whole; or

  2. (ii)

    where it is an interbranch organisation recognised F4in the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 158 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf1 or with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf2;

(b)

a group as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf3 and referred to in Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, shall be deemed to be representative of the name protected under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and covered by the programme, where it accounts for at least 50 % of the volume or value of marketable production of the product(s) whose name is protected;

(c)

a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations as referred to in Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 shall be deemed to be representative of the product(s) or sector concerned by the programme where it is recognised F5in the United Kingdom in accordance with Articles 154 or 156 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013;

(d)

with the exception of programmes carried out after a loss of consumer confidence, an agri-food sector body as referred to in Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 shall be representative of the sector(s) concerned by the programme by means of having representatives of that product(s) or sector among its memberships.

2.

By way of derogation from points (a)(i) and (b) of paragraph 1, lower thresholds may be accepted, if the proposing organisation demonstrates in the submitted proposal that there are specific circumstances, including the evidence on the structure of the market, which would justify treating the proposing organisation as representative of the product(s) or sector concerned.

3.

The proposing organisation shall have the necessary technical, financial and professional resources to carry out the programme effectively.

4.

A proposing organisation shall not receive support for information and promotion programmes on the same product or scheme, carried out in the same geographical market on more than two consecutive occasions.

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In this Regulation, “constituent nation” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulation revoked (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(3)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2023/1143, regs. 2(2), 3(3), 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 3); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2

F2

Words in Art. 1(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 1(1)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 1(1)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Words in Art. 1(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6

Art. 1(5) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(f); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7

Words in Art. 1 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 3(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671).

f2

Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1).

f3

Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1).