[F1Article 167a U.K. Marketing rules to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in olive oils
1. In order to improve and stabilise the operation of the common market in olive oils, including the olives from which they derive, producer Member States may lay down marketing rules to regulate supply.
Such rules shall be proportionate to the objective pursued and shall not:
(a) relate to any transaction after the first marketing of the produce concerned;
(b) allow for price fixing, including where prices are set for guidance or recommendation;
(c) render unavailable an excessive proportion of the production of the marketing year that would otherwise be available.
2. The rules provided for in paragraph 1 shall be brought to the attention of operators by being published in full in an official publication of the Member State concerned.
3. Member States shall notify the Commission of any decisions taken under this Article.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material.