Commission Regulation (EC) No 919/94 of 26 April 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards banana producers' organizations

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 919/94 of 26 April 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards banana producers' organziations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3518/93 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 lays down provisions for the setting up of banana producers' organizations; whereas, in order to be recognized, such organizations must satisfy specific conditions; whereas the conditions are designed to provide  reasonable assurance that the organization, by virtue of their size, the length of time they have been in operation, their constitution and the way in which they function, will contribute to the improvements sought in the conditions in which bananas are  produced and marketed;
Whereas these requirements, which are intended to ensure that producers' organizations have a minimum level of stability and economic activity, particularly as regards the number of members and volume of production, must be determined in the light of  the structural diversity of the producer regions in the Community;
Whereas, also for the purpose of stability and effectiveness, it is necessary to specify, first, the means and facilities which producers' organizations must place at the disposal of their members and, secondly, the type of rules which such  organizations must adopt and impose on their members in order to achieve the objectives of groups recognized pursuant to Community rules;
Whereas the implementation of the specific measures adopted by the Council, together with those in this Regulation, implies a strict obligation for producers' organizations to transmit detailed information at given intervals to the authorities designed  by the Member States, in order to enable the latter to monitor the execution of undertakings made by producers' organizations with a view to recognition; whereas the checks to be carried out by the Member States and the communications for monitoring the  application of the abovementioned provisions should be specified;
Whereas it is necesary to specifiy the provisions which should apply to producer groups which have been recognized pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 18 June 1978 on producer groups and associations thereof (3), as last amended by Regulation  (EC) No 3669/93 (4) and which, under the system set up by the said Regulation, have received aid torwards their setting-up and administrative running costs;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,