Article 69National rules
1.For the purposes of Article 164(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Member States may decide that the economic area that is taken into account in the case of extension of rules of an interbranch organisation is a region or the entire national territory where production and marketing conditions are homogenous.
2.For the purpose of determining representativeness of producer organisations and associations of producer organisations within the meaning of Article 164(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, 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 under a contract signed before the beginning of the harvest, unless the extended rules expressly cover such products;
(d)producers or production of organic products covered by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.