Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Approval and registration of purchasers

25.—(1) For the purposes of Article 13 of the Commission Regulation (which concerns the approval of purchasers), a purchaser shall submit to the Department an application seeking that purchaser’s approval by the Department in such form as the latter may reasonably require.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall state the purchaser’s trading address, or, where there is more than one such address, each such address and his principal trading address.

(3) For the purposes of Article 13(2) of the Commission Regulation (which permits Member States to lay down stricter rules on the approval of purchasers), the Department shall only approve a purchaser where that purchaser—

(a) has given an undertaking to the Department to abide by the provisions of these Regulations and the Community legislation and to comply with that undertaking;

(b) has no history of having committed—

(i) an irregularity under, or material infringement of, any Community provision relating to a Community aid scheme; or

(ii) an offence under a statutory provision implementing a Community or domestic aid scheme; and

(c) has, by submitting to the Department such information as it may reasonably require, demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Department that he has a sound financial basis upon which to operate.

(4) Each purchaser shall—

(a) inform the Department of—

(i) any change in his trading address, or, where there is more than one such address, any change in any such trading address, any additional trading address and any change in his principal trading address; and

(ii) any factor or change in circumstance which the Department might reasonably consider materially to affect any matter that was relevant to its consideration of his application for approval, or which affects his ability to comply with the undertaking referred to in paragraph (3)(a);

(b) confirm to each producer supplying him that he is approved and supply on request details of that approval; and

(c) notify each producer supplying him if that approval is withdrawn.