Article 36Submission of recognition plans
1.A legal entity or clearly defined part of a legal entity shall submit the recognition plan referred to in Article 125e(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 to the competent authority of the Member State in which the entity has its head office.
2.Member States shall lay down:
(a)the minimum criteria which the legal entity or clearly defined part of a legal entity shall meet to be able to submit a recognition plan;
(b)the rules for the drafting, content and implementation of recognition plans;
(c)the period during which a former member of a producer organisation shall be prohibited from joining a producer group after leaving the producer organisation in respect of the products for which the producer organisation was recognised; and
(d)the administrative procedures for the approval, monitoring and fulfilling of recognition plans.