Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (c. 891)

TITLE II U.K. PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS

CHAPTER V U.K. General provisions

Section 3 U.K. Administrative penalties

Article 64 U.K. Administrative penalties applicable to recipients of products withdrawn from the market

Where irregularities attributable to the recipients of products withdrawn from the market are detected during checks made in accordance with Articles 29 and 30 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, those recipients:

(a)

shall be excluded from the right to receive products withdrawn from the market; and

(b)

shall be required to pay the value of the products they received plus the related sorting, packaging and transport costs in accordance with the rules laid down by the Member States.

The exclusion provided for in point (a) of the first paragraph shall take effect immediately and last for at least one year with a possibility of extension.