The Dairy Produce Quotas (Wales) Regulations 2002 (revoked)

Approval and registration of purchasers E+W

25.—(1) For the purposes of Article 13 of the Commission Regulation (which concerns the approval of purchasers), a purchaser shall submit to the National Assembly an application seeking that purchaser’s approval by the National Assembly 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 or her 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 National Assembly shall only approve a purchaser where that purchaser—

(a) has given an undertaking to the National Assembly 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 an enactment implementing a Community or domestic aid scheme; and

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

(4) Each purchaser shall—

(a) inform the National Assembly of —

(i) any change in his or her 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 or her principal trading address; and

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

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

(c) notify each producer supplying him or her if that approval is withdrawn.