Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 220/92 of 27 January 1992 extending Regulation ( EEC ) No 3285/83 laying down general rules for the extension of certain rules issued by producers' organizations in the fruit and vegetables sector

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 220/92  of 27 January 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 3285/83 laying down general rules for the extension of certain rules issued by producers' organizations in the fruit and vegetables sector
THE COUNCIL OF  THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1603/91 (2), and in particular Article 15b (10) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3285/83 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1011/89 (4), lays down the criteria for producers' organizations to be considered representative in terms of both number of producers and quantity of marketed  production for the purposes of applying the system for extending the rules; whereas, on the expiry of an initial period of three years, that provision requires producers' organizations to meet higher requirements relating to representativeness in order  for an extension of their rules to be authorized;
Whereas, on the expiry of the said initial period, it transpired that a large number of producers' organizations could not meet the higher requirements relating to representativeness laid down for the second stage of the arrangements for extending the  rules; whereas, in order to take into account the positive contribution in regulating supply and expanding markets of the most dynamic organizations, Regulation (EEC) No 1011/89 maintains, for an additional period of several marketing years, the degree  of representativeness laid down for the initial period for those organizations which had stepped up their degree of representativeness since the implementation of the arrangements and had obtained an extension of certain of their rules to non-members;  whereas the same derogation was applied with a view to encouraging a positive contribution in Spain and Portugal by producers' organizations recognized since the accession of these countries;
Whereas, on the expiry of that second period, the reasons which justified an extension of the provisional arrangements regarding requirements relating to representativeness may be invoked solely with a view to encouraging the development of the  activities of producers' organizations in the new Member States which still qualify under the arrangements laid down for the second phase or the second stage of the transitional period following accession; whereas, as a result, the transitional  arrangements relating to representativeness should apply only to their producers' organizations,