# Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829 of 23 April 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries, Article 1: Conditions under which a proposing organisation may submit a simple ... programme

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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 the 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:
(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 constituent nation or the United Kingdom as a whole; or
(ii)where it is an interbranch organisation recognised in the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 158 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council or with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b) a group as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 in 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.
5. In this Regulation, “constituent nation” means England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1829/article/1 (the official version)
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