TITLE IIIPRODUCER ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER IRequirements and recognition
Section 3Associations of producer organisations
Article 37Transnational association of producer organisations
1.
The head office of the transnational association of producer organisations shall be established in a Member State in which this association has a significant number of member organisations and/or the member organisations achieve an important level of marketed production.
2.
The Member State in which the head office of the transnational association of producer organisations is located shall be responsible for the following:
(a)
recognising the association;
(b)
approving, where necessary, the association's operational programme;
(c)
establishing the necessary administrative collaboration with the other Member States in which the associated organisations are located with respect to compliance with the terms of recognition and the system of checks and sanctions. Those other Member States shall be obliged to give all necessary assistance to the Member State in which the head office is located; and
(d)
providing, on request of other Member States, all relevant documentation, including any applicable legislation available to the other Member States in which the members are located, translated into an official language of the requesting Member States.