Article 47U.K.Marketing flowers and plants produced in the Azores and Madeira
1.For the purposes of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 as regards marketing flowers and plants produced in the Azores and Madeira elsewhere in the Community, individual producers, producer groups and producer organisations as referred to in Articles 11, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 wishing to participate in the aid scheme shall submit their applications to the body designated by the competent Portuguese authorities before a date to be determined by the latter.
That body shall lay down the conditions for approval and shall publish each year a list of approved individual producers, producer groups or producer organisations, at least one month before the beginning of the marketing period.
2.Individual producers, producer groups and producer organisations as referred to above wishing to qualify under the aid scheme shall send a declaration to the office designated by the competent authorities before the beginning of the marketing period of the products concerned, undertaking in particular:
(a)to market the flowers and plants only elsewhere in the Community;
(b)to notify the names of the contracting firms or intermediaries and their place of establishment;
(c)to indicate, in particular:
(c)the plants and flowers to be marketed,
the references and areas of the parcels, identified in accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 3508/92, on which the products concerned are grown and, in the case of producer organisations, the names and addresses of each grower concerned; the parcel references need not be notified in the case of dried flowers falling within CN code 0603 90 00;
(d)to indicate the packaging and presentation method and information relating to transport (conditions and costs) and the exact delivery stage;
(e)to keep separate accounts covering the conduct of the sales referred to in this Article;
(f)to provide the competent Portuguese authorities, at the request of the latter, with all supporting documentation concerning the conduct of the sales referred to in this article and fulfilment of the undertakings made under this Regulation.
3.For the purpose of calculating the aid, the value of marketed production, delivered to destination zone, shall be evaluated on the basis of the particular transport documents and any other supporting documents submitted to justify the application for payment. The value of the marketed production to be taken into account shall be that of a delivery to the first port or airport of unloading. The competent authorities may request any information or additional supporting documentation appropriate for calculating the aid.
4.Aid applications shall be submitted by individual producers, producer groups or producer organisations as referred to in Articles 11, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 who have undertaken to market the product. Where administration of the aid scheme so requires, the competent authorities may specify marketing periods or years other than those referred to in Article 53 for each product.