[F1Article 125b U.K. Recognition
1. Member States shall recognise as producer organisations in the fruit and vegetables sector all legal entities or clearly defined parts of legal entities applying for such recognition, provided that:
(a) they have the objective of the use of environmentally sound cultivation practices, production techniques and waste management practices in particular to protect the quality of water, soil and landscape and preserve or encourage biodiversity and meet the requirements laid down in Articles 122 and 125a and provide the relevant evidence therefore;
(b) they have a minimum number of members and cover a minimum volume or value of marketable production to be laid down by Member States, and provide the relevant evidence therefore;
(c) there is sufficient evidence that they can carry out their activities properly, both over time and in terms of effectiveness and concentration of supply, to which end Member States may decide which of the products, or groups of products referred to in Article 122(a)(iii) should be covered by the producer organisation;
(d) they effectively enable their members to obtain technical assistance in using environmentally-sound cultivation practices;
(e) they effectively provide their members, where necessary, with the technical means for collecting, storing, packaging and marketing their produce;
(f) they ensure proper commercial and accounting management of their activities; and
(g) they do not hold a dominant position on a given market unless this is necessary in pursuance of the objectives of Article 33 of the Treaty.
2. Member States shall:
(a) decide whether to grant recognition to a producer organisation within three months of the lodging of an application accompanied by all the relevant evidence;
(b) carry out checks at regular intervals to ascertain that producer organisations comply with this Chapter, impose the penalties on such organisations in the event of non-compliance or irregularities concerning the provisions of this Regulation and decide, where necessary, to withdraw recognition;
(c) notify the Commission, once per year, of every decision to grant, refuse or withdraw recognition.]