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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1419/2013 of 17 December 2013 concerning the recognition of producer organisations            and inter-branch organisations, the extension of the rules of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations and the            publication of trigger prices as provided for by Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council            on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products         

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# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1419/2013                     

# of 17 December 2013

# concerning the recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations, the extension of the rules of producer                        organisations and inter-branch organisations and the publication of trigger prices as provided for by Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013                        of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products                     

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common                           organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products(1), and in particular Articles 21, 27 and 32 thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 provides for the recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations, the extension                              of rules of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations, and the fixation of the prices triggering the storage mechanism.

(2)It is necessary to specify the time-limits, procedures and the form of applications for the recognition and the withdrawal                              of recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations, and the format, time-limits and procedures of the                              communication by Member States to the Commission of their decisions to grant or withdraw recognition.

(3)It is necessary to specify the format and procedure of the notification by the Member States to the Commission of the rules                              of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations they intend to make binding on all producer organisations or operators                              in a specific area or in specific areas.

(4)It is necessary to specify the format of the publication by Member States of the trigger prices to be applied by producer                              organisations recognised in their territories.

(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Examination Committee for fishery and                              aquaculture products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## Article 1U.K.Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘producer organisations’ means fishery and aquaculture producer organisations and associations thereof, established pursuant                              to Articles 6 and 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013;                           

‘inter-branch organisations’ means organisations of operators established pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013.

## Article 2U.K.Time-limits, procedures and form of applications for the recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations

1.Within three months of receipt of an application for recognition pursuant to Articles 14 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013,                        the Member State concerned shall inform the producer organisation or the inter-branch organisation in writing of its decision.                        If recognition is refused, the Member State shall give reasons for the refusal.                  

2.The form of applications for the recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations shall be as set out                        in Annex I.                  

## Article 3U.K.Time-limits and procedure for the withdrawal of recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations

When a Member State intends to withdraw the recognition of a producer organisation or an inter-branch organisation pursuant                     to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, it shall notify that intention to the organisation concerned together with                     the reasons for the withdrawal. The Member State shall allow the producer organisation or the inter-branch organisation concerned                     to submit its observations within two months.                  

## Article 4U.K.Format, time-limits and procedures for communicating decisions to grant or withdraw recognition

1.The format of the communication by Member States to the Commission of their decisions to grant or withdraw recognition of                        producer organisations or inter-branch organisations pursuant to Articles 14, 16 or 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 shall                        be as set out in Annex II.                  

2.Member States shall transmit the communication of a decision referred to in the first paragraph within two months of the date                        of that decision.                  

3.Communications shall be transmitted in the form of a XML file, one for each communication. The XML file shall be sent to the                        Commission as an attachment to the functional mailbox: MARE-B2@ec.europa.eu with the subject: communication on POs/IBOs.                  

## Article 5U.K.Format and procedure of the notification by the Member States of the rules they intend to make binding on all producers or                        operators

1.The format of the notification by Member States to the Commission of the rules of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations                        which they intend to make binding on all producers or operators in a specific area or in specific areas, as provided for in                        Articles 22 and 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, shall be as set out in Annex III.                  

2.Member States shall transmit the notification to the Commission at least two months in advance of the intended date of entry                        into force of the extension of rules.                  

3.Any intended modification to the rules made binding to all producers or operators shall be notified in in accordance with                        paragraphs 1 and 2.                  

## Article 6U.K.Format of the publication of trigger prices

The format of the publication by Member States of the trigger prices referred to in Article 31(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013                     shall be as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.                  

## Article 7U.K.Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

It shall apply from 1 January 2014.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

## ANNEX IU.K.**FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR RECOGNITION**

Information to be included in the applications for recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations:

the constitution of the producer organisation or inter-branch organisation;

the rules of internal functioning in accordance with the principles laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013;

the names of persons with authority to act for and on behalf of the producer oragnisation or inter-branch organisation;

evidence that the producer organisation or inter-branch organisation complies with the conditions laid down in Articles 14(1)                              and 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, respectively;                           

detail of the activities carried out by the producer organisation or inter-branch organisation including the area of activity                              and the fishery and aquaculture products for which recognition is sought.                           

## ANNEX IIU.K.**FORMAT OF COMMUNICATION OF DECISIONS TO GRANT OR WITHDRAW RECOGNITION**

Information to be included in the communication by Member States to the Commission of their decisions to grant or withdraw                     recognition:                  

## ANNEX IIIU.K.**FORMAT OF NOTIFICATION OF THE EXTENSION OF RULES**

Information to be included in the notification by Member States to the Commission of the rules they intend to extend:

the name and postal address of the producer organisation or inter-branch organisation concerned;

all the information required to demonstrate that the producer organisation or inter-branch organisation is representative                              in accordance with Articles 22(2), 22(3) and 23(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013, respectively;                           

the rules to be extended;

the justification for the extension of rules, supported by appropriate data and other relevant information;

the area or areas in which it is intended to make the rules binding;

the period of application of the extension of rules;

the date of entry into force.

## ANNEX IVU.K.**FORMAT OF PUBLICATION OF THE TRIGGER PRICES**

Information to be included in the publication by Member States of the trigger prices to be applied in their territories:

the period of application of the trigger prices;

the Member State concerned;

where appropriate, the name of the region or regions where the trigger price apply followed by their NUTS codes in accordance                              with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2);                           

the name of fishery products subject to the fixation of trigger prices together with the FAO alpha-3 code of each species;

for each species, the applicable trigger price by weight;

the currency used.

1

See page 1 of this Official Journal.

2

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common                              classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).