Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891Show full title

[F1 Article 21A U.K. Head office of an association of producer organisations

1. The head office of an association of producer organisations must be located in the constituent nation in which the member producer organisations achieve the majority of the value of marketed production calculated in accordance with Articles 22 and 23.

But the head office may be established in the constituent nation where the majority of member producer organisations are located, if both the appropriate authority for that constituent nation and the appropriate authority for the constituent nation referred to in the first subparagraph consent.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the head office:

(a) may not move to another constituent nation until the end of the implementation of an ongoing operational programme; and

(b) may be maintained in a particular constituent nation for as long as the appropriate authority for that constituent nation and the appropriate authorities referred to in paragraph 1 consent.

3. The appropriate authority for the constituent nation in which the head office of the association of producer organisations is located:

(a) may:

(i) subject to paragraph 4, approve the association's operational programme;

(ii) grant financial assistance in accordance with Articles 32(1)(b) and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

(b) must:

(i) organise checks on the association of producer organisations and apply any administrative penalties in accordance with Article 34B of Regulation (EU) 2017/892; and

(ii) provide, on the request of the appropriate authority for a constituent nation in which members are located, all relevant documentation.

4. Notwithstanding paragraph 3(a)(i), where the association of producer organisations is implementing an operational programme at the time of applying for a new operational programme, the appropriate authority that may approve the new programme is the appropriate authority for the constituent nation in which the association will have its head office at the time that the new programme will be implemented, to be determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 on the basis of the new operational programme.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 21A inserted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 4(8), 7(a)