Article 13Development and dissemination of guides to good practice
1.Member States shall encourage the development and dissemination of guides to good practice to facilitate the implementation of this Regulation.
2.When such guides to good practice are drawn up, they shall be developed and disseminated by organisations of business operators:
(a)in consultation with representatives of non governmental organisations, competent authorities and other interested parties;
(b)having regard to scientific opinions as referred to in Article 20(1)(c).
3.The competent authority shall assess guides to good practice in order to ensure that they have been developed in accordance with paragraph 2 and that they are consistent with existing Community guidelines.
4.Where organisations of business operators fail to submit guides to good practice, the competent authority may develop and publish its own guides to good practice.
5.Member States shall forward to the Commission all guides to good practice validated by the competent authority. The Commission shall set up and run a registration system for such guides and make it available to Member States.