Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 of 13 March 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 (c. 891)

TITLE II U.K. PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS

CHAPTER I U.K. Requirements and recognition

Section 1 U.K. Definitions

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Title the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘producer’ means a farmer within the meaning of Article 4(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) producing fruit and vegetables as referred to in Article 1(2)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and such products intended solely for processing;

(b)

‘producer member’ means a producer or legal entity constituted by producers that is a member of a producer organisation or association of producer organisations;

(c)

‘subsidiary’ means a company in which one or more producer organisations or associations of producer organisations have taken shares or constituted capital and which contributes to the objectives of those organisations or associations;

(d)

‘transnational producer organisation’ means any organisation in which at least one of the producers' holdings is located in a Member State other than where the organisation has its head office;

(e)

‘transnational association of producer organisations’ means any association of producer organisations in which at least one of the associated organisations is located in a Member State other than where the association has its head office;

(f)

‘measure’ means one of the following:

(i)

actions aimed at the planning of production, including investments in physical assets;

(ii)

actions aimed at improving or maintaining product quality, whether in a fresh or processed form, including investments in physical assets;

(iii)

actions aimed at boosting the commercial value of products and improving marketing, including investments in physical assets, as well as promotion of the products, whether in a fresh or processed form, and communication activities other than promotion and communication activities falling under point (vi);

(iv)

research and experimental production actions, including investments in physical assets;

(v)

training and exchange of best practices actions, other than training falling under point (vi), and actions aimed at promoting access to advisory services and technical assistance;

(vi)

any of the crisis prevention and management actions listed in the first subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(vii)

environmental actions as referred to in Article 33(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, including investments in physical assets;

(viii)

other actions, including investments in physical assets, other than those falling under points (i) to (vii) which fulfil one or more of the objectives referred to or set out in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(g)

‘action’ means a specific activity or instrument aimed at contributing to one or more of the objectives referred to or set out in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(h)

‘investment in physical assets’ means the acquisition of tangible assets aimed at contributing to one or more of the objectives referred to or set out in Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(i)

‘by-product’ means a product which results from preparation of a fruit or vegetable product which has a positive economic value but is not the main intended product;

(j)

‘preparation’ means preparatory activities such as cleaning, cutting, peeling, trimming and drying of fruit and vegetables, without transforming them into processed fruit and vegetables;

(k)

‘interbranch basis’ as referred to in Article 34(3)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 means activities pursuing one or more of the objectives listed in Article 157(1)(c) of that Regulation approved by the Member State and managed jointly by a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations and at least one other actor in the food processing or distribution chain;

(l)

‘baseline indicator’ means any indicator reflecting a state or trend existing at the start of a programming period which may provide information useful:

(i)

in the analysis of the initial situation, in order to establish a national strategy for sustainable operational programmes or an operational programme;

(ii)

as a reference against which the results and impact of a national strategy or an operational programme may be assessed; or

(iii)

in interpreting the results and impact of a national strategy or an operational programme;

(m)

‘specific costs’ means the additional costs, calculated as the difference between the conventional costs and the costs actually incurred, and income foregone resulting from an action, excluding additional income and costs savings.

(1)

Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608).