Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 7 U.K. Producer groups

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, a producer group shall be any legal entity or clearly defined part of a legal entity which is formed on the initiative of farmers within the meaning of Article 2(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, who are growers of one or more products listed in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and/or of such products intended solely for processing, with a view to being recognised as a producer organisation.

Producer groups in Member States which acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 or after that date, or in the outermost regions of the Community as referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty or in the smaller Aegean Islands as referred to in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006(1) may be allowed a transitional period in which to meet the conditions for recognition laid down in Article 4.

In order to qualify, those producer groups shall present a phased recognition plan to the relevant Member State, acceptance of which shall signal the start of the transitional period referred to in the second subparagraph and shall constitute a preliminary recognition. The transitional period shall be no more than five years.

2. Before acceptance of the recognition plan, Member States shall inform the Commission of their intentions and the likely financial implications thereof.

3. During the transitional period, Member States may grant to the producer groups:

(a) aid to encourage their formation and facilitate their administrative operation;

(b) aid, provided either directly or through credit institutions, to cover part of the investments required to attain recognition and set out in the recognition plan referred to in the third subparagraph of paragraph 1.

4. The aid referred to in paragraph 3 shall be reimbursed by the Community in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to Article 42(b)(ii).

5. The aid referred to in paragraph 3(a) shall be determined for each producer group on the basis of its marketed production and shall amount, for the first, second, third, fourth and fifth years, to:

(a) 10 %, 10 %, 8 %, 6 % and 4 %, respectively, of the value of marketed production in the case of producer groups in Member States which acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 or after that date; and

(b) 5 %, 5 %, 4 %, 3 % and 2 %, respectively, of the value of marketed production in the case of producer groups in the outermost regions of the Community as referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty or in the smaller Aegean Islands as referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006.

Those rates may be reduced in relation to the value of marketed production which exceeds a threshold. A ceiling may be applied to the aid payable in any given year to a producer group.

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OJ L 265, 26.9.2006, p. 1.