1.[F1Any] natural or legal person who is not a producer may be accepted as a member of a producer organisation [F2if and for so long as there is no conflict of interest between that person and the producer organisation].
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3.The natural or legal persons referred to in paragraph 1 shall not:
(a)be taken into account for the recognition criteria;
(b)benefit directly from the measures financed [F4from public funds].
[F5Restrictions on the right of a natural or legal person to vote on decisions relating to operational funds are set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.]
[F64.By way of derogation from paragraph 3(b), an existing non-UK member of an ex-transnational producer organisation may continue to benefit directly from measures financed from public funds, where:
(a)those measures are contained in an operational programme that was implemented by that organisation before IP completion day; and
(b)that member was entitled to benefit from those measures immediately before IP completion day.]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 16(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(a)(i)
F2Words in Art. 16(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(a)(ii)
F3Art. 16(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(b)
F4Words in Art. 16(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Producer Organisations and Wine) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1446), regs. 1(3), 5(13)(c)(i)