Where a producer organisation commits a repeated infringement, the Member State shall withdraw that organisation's recognition, or preliminary recognition in the case of a producer group granted preliminary recognition.

Where a producer organisation commits a subsequent irregularity, the Member State shall withdraw that organisation's recognition, or preliminary recognition in the case of a producer group granted preliminary recognition.

whereas, as a result, certain conditions should be laid down for the grant of preliminary recognition to producer organizations which submit a recognition plan;

notify the Commission, within two months, of any decision to grant, refuse or withdraw recognition.

notify the Commission, within two months, of every decision to grant, refuse or withdraw recognition.

Where a Member State grants, refuses or withdraws recognition of a group it shall inform the Commission thereof within two months and, when refusing an application for recognition or withdrawing recognition, indicate its reasons therefore.

decide whether to grant recognition within three months of the lodging of an application with all relevant supporting documents;

Any decision on the extension of the limited recognition shall specify under which conditions, if any, such extension is granted.

The sample must correspond to at least 30 % of recognised producer organisations or of producer groups granted preliminary recognition.

'marketed production' means the production of a producer organization's members in the category for which preliminary recognition is granted:

Before granting preliminary recognition, Member States shall inform the Commission of their intentions and the financial implications thereof.

decide whether to grant recognition to a producer organization within three months of the lodging of an application with all supporting documents;

laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer organizations granted preliminary recognition

During the four years following the date of preliminary recognition, Member States may grant to the producer organizations referred to in paragraph 1:

'producer organization granted preliminary recognition' means a new producer organization or one not recognized under Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 before the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, to which a Member State has granted preliminary recognition pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 478/97;

Whereas, in order to encourage the formation of producer organizations, Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 also states that Member States may grant two sorts of aid to producer organizations granted preliminary recognition in the five years following such preliminary recognition, one to cover the costs of their formation and administrative operation and one to cover part of the investments required to attain recognition and set out in their recognition plans;

conditions for granting type-approval and their reciprocal recognition including any approval markings and conditions for ensuring conformity of production;

be paid in annual instalments for a period of not more than seven years starting on 1 January following the date on which preliminary recognition is granted.

A decision on recognition shall take into account the safety and pollution prevention performance records of the organisation, referred to in Article 9. Recognition shall be granted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2).

Specific recognition shall be granted within 90 days from receipt of the application, subject to any additional time required for supplementary investigations.

grants will be awarded only in cases where the period of study spent in another Member State will be granted full recognition by the student's home university.

"producer group" means all organisations which have lodged an application and are granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96;

Before granting preliminary recognition, the Member State shall inform the Commission of its decision in accordance with Article 14 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

the area belonging to the producer organisation granted preliminary recognition and sown to the product in question during the year of the natural disaster, multiplied by:

This Regulation lays down rules on the granting of aid as provided for in Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 to producer organizations granted preliminary recognition.

Member States shall exercise continuous supervision over the observance by recognized groups of the conditions for their recognition and over their administration of any aid granted.

Investments to the direct or indirect benefit of such activities shall be financed pro rata to their use for the sectors or products for which preliminary recognition is granted.

Aid as provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation may be given, or may continue to be given, to producer organizations which have been granted preliminary recognition under Regulation (EC) No 478/97 and which result from the merger between a producer organization granted preliminary recognition under that Regulation and one or more of the following:

Before granting recognition Member States shall notify the Commission of the interbranch organizations which have applied for recognition, providing all relevant information about their representativeness and their various activities, together with all other information needed for an assessment.

Support may be granted to encourage the setting-up, and to facilitate the administrative operation, of producer groups, during the first five years following the date of their recognition.

Whereas it should be recalled that this specific recognition is not conditional on previous recognition pursuant to Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1992 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1754/92 (5); whereas recognition is granted independently of the latter provided that the particular conditions laid down for granting it are observed;

Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 provides for the possibility of a transitional period of preliminary recognition to enable new producer groups or those which have not been recognised under Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 to satisfy the conditions for recognition laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96. As a result, in order to take account of different production and marketing circumstances in the various Member States, the latter should lay down certain conditions for the grant of preliminary recognition to producer groups which submit a recognition plan.

Whereas the provisions relating to the procedure for the granting and withdrawal of recognition should be amplified by specifying the information to be supplied when the application is lodged;

In order to ensure the sound operation of the market organisation, Member States should keep the Commission regularly informed about the situation regarding the granting of preliminary recognition.

whereas, pursuant to paragraph 3 of that Article, the grant is to be calculated on the basis of the production of the producer organisation during the first marketing year following special recognition;

(a) 'producer organisations' means producer groups as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and producer groups granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of that Regulation;

Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/98 of 7 January 1998 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer organizations granted preliminary recognition

In order to grant the initial recognition to the organisations wishing to be authorised to work on behalf of the Member States, compliance with the provisions of Directive 94/57/EC can be assessed more effectively in a harmonised and centralised manner by the Commission together with the Member States requesting the recognition.

Whereas, to enable producer organizations to bring themselves gradually into line with the conditions laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 412/97 (4) as regards the recognition of producer organizations, less strict conditions should be laid down for the grant of preliminary recognition;

Whereas, to enable recognized producer organizations to be restructured, the obligation laid down in Article 11 (1) (c) (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 should not apply until a producer organization granted preliminary recognition obtains full recognition, without prejudice to the Member States laying down stricter conditions;

To give producer groups granted preliminary recognition the opportunity to implement an operational programme in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1433/2003 of 11 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards operational programmes, operational funds and Community financial aid fn as soon as recognition has been granted, it should be possible for such organisations to submit a draft operational programme when they submit their application for recognition.

For the five years following the date of recognition, the Member States shall grant recognized producers' organizations assistance to encourage their establishment and assist their administrative operation.

(a) "producer organisations" means producer organisations as referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and producer organisations granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of that Regulation;

'producer organisations' means producer organisations as referred to in Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 or groups that have been granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of that Regulation;

'producer organisations' means producer organisations as referred to in Articles 11 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 and producer organisations granted preliminary recognition under Article 14 of that Regulation;

Before submitting an application for mutual recognition of marketing authorizations, the holder of the authorization shall inform the Member State which granted the authorization on which the application is based (hereinafter:

(5) It is appropriate for the Community to implement the recognition of equivalence so granted to the United States on a provisional basis, pending confirmation by the United States of their approval of the changes made to the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 983/2000 of 11 May 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 20/98 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 as regards aid to producer organisations granted preliminary recognition

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1813/2001 of 14 September 2001 laying down the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the conditions for, the grant of and the withdrawal of recognition of interbranch organisations

Whereas Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 20/98 (3) provides that the aid to cover the costs of forming and operating producer organisations granted preliminary recognition is to be determined on the basis of their marketed production;