TITLE IIIPRODUCER ORGANISATIONS

CHAPTER VGeneral Provisions

Section 3Sanctions

Article 118Producer groups

1.Member States shall apply, mutatis mutandis, the sanctions provided for in Article 116 and/or 119 to recognition plans.

2.In addition to paragraph 1, if, after the end of the period set by the Member State under Article 51(4), the producer group is not recognised as producer organisation, the Member State shall recover:

(a)100 % of the aid paid to the producer group if the failure to achieve recognition was due to the producer group acting deliberately or by serious negligence; or

(b)50 % of the aid paid to the producer group in all other cases.