Article 42U.K.Approved operators
1.Economic operators in the wholesale or retail food trade or in catering, local authorities and, in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, food processors, wishing to participate in the aid scheme shall submit applications for approval to the body designated by the competent authorities before a date set by the latter. That body shall lay down the conditions for approval and shall publish each year a list of approved operators, not less than one month before the deadline for the signing of contracts.
2.The approved operators shall give an undertaking to:
(a)market or, in the case of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, process the products covered by the supply contracts exclusively in the production region;
[F1(b) keep separate stock accounts or any other document providing the same guarantees for purposes of checking;]
(c)provide the competent authorities, at the request of the latter, with all supporting documentation concerning the performance of the contracts and fulfilment of the undertakings made under this Regulation.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1812/2003 of 15 October 2003 amending and correcting Regulation (EC) No 43/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulations (EC) No 1452/2001, (EC) No 1453/2001 and (EC) No 1454/2001 as regards aid for the local production of crop products in the outermost regions of the European Union.