Article 17 Democratic accountability of producer organisations

United Kingdom

Where a producer organisation has a legal structure requiring democratic accountability under the applicable F1... legislation, it shall be considered to fulfill this requirement for the purposes of this Regulation unless the F2Secretary of State decides otherwise.

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The maximum percentage of voting rights and shares or capital which any natural or legal person may hold in any producer organisation that does not fall within paragraph 1 is set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.

F4The Secretary of State shall carry out checks, based on a risk analysis, on voting rights and shareholdings. Where the members of the producer organisation are legal persons themselves, these checks shall include the identities of the natural or legal persons that hold shares or capital of the members.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Art. 17(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(14)(a)(i)
F2: Words in Art. 17(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(14)(a)(ii)
F3: Art. 17(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(14)(b)
F4: Words in Art. 17(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(14)(c)
F5: Art. 17(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(14)(d)