[F1Article 125a U.K. Rules of association of producer organisations
1. The rules of association of a producer organisation in the fruit and vegetables sector shall require its producer members, in particular, to:
(a) apply the rules adopted by the producer organisation relating to production reporting, production, marketing and protection of the environment;
(b) belong to only one producer organisation in respect of a given holding's production of any given product referred to in Article 122(a)(iii);
(c) market their entire production concerned through the producer organisation;
(d) provide the information requested by the producer organisation for statistical purposes, in particular on growing areas, quantities cropped, yields and direct sales;
(e) pay the financial contributions provided for in its rules of association for the establishment and replenishment of the operational fund provided for in Article 103b.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1(c), where the producer organisation so authorises and where this is in compliance with the terms and conditions laid down by the producer organisation, the producer members may:
(a) sell no more than a fixed percentage of their production and/or products directly on their holdings and/or outside their holdings to consumers for their personal needs, such percentages being fixed by Member States at not less than 10 %;
(b) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation, quantities of products which are marginal in relation to the volume of marketable production of their organisation;
(c) market themselves or through another producer organisation designated by their own organisation products which, because of their characteristics, are not normally covered by the commercial activities of the producer organisation concerned.
3. The rules of association of a producer organisation shall also provide for:
(a) procedures for determining, adopting and amending the rules referred to in paragraph 1;
(b) the imposition on members of financial contributions needed to finance the producer organisation;
(c) rules enabling the producer members to scrutinise democratically their organisation and its decisions;
(d) penalties for infringement of obligations under the rules of association, particularly non-payment of financial contributions, or of the rules laid down by the producer organisation;
(e) rules on the admission of new members, particularly a minimum membership period;
(f) the accounting and budgetary rules necessary for the operation of the organisation.
4. Producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector shall be deemed as acting in the name of, and on behalf of, their members in economic matters.]