Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011Show full title

Article 129 Notification of binding rules; representativeness

1. When a Member State notifies rules it has made binding for a given product and economic area pursuant to Article 125g of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, it shall inform at the same time the Commission of:

(a) the producer organisation or association of producer organisations which requested the extension of the rules;

(b) the number of producers who belong to that producer organisation or association of producer organisations and the total number of producers in the economic area concerned; such information shall be given in respect of the situation obtaining at the time when the application for extension is made;

(c) the total production of the economic area and the production marketed by the producer organisation or association of producer organisations during the last marketing year for which figures are available;

(d) the date from which the rules to be extended have applied to the producer organisation or association of producer organisations concerned; and

(e) the date from which the extension is to take effect and the duration of application of the extension.

2. For the purposes of determining representativeness within the meaning of Article 125f(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, the Member States shall lay down rules excluding:

(a) producers whose production is intended essentially for direct sale to consumers on the holding or in the production area;

(b) direct sales as referred to in point (a);

(c) produce delivered for processing as referred to in Article 125f(4)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 except where the rules in question apply entirely or partly to such produce.