http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1144/chapter/II/section/1Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 1144/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R1144texttext/xmlen2025-10-08Expert Participation2025-09-17 CHAPTER II<Strong><Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">IMPLEMENTATION OF INFORMATION PROVISION AND PROMOTION MEASURES</Repeal></Strong>SECTION 1<Emphasis><Strong><Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Common provisions</Repeal></Strong></Emphasis><Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Types of actions</Repeal>Article 61Information provision and promotion measures shall take the form of:ainformation and promotion programmes (‘programmes’), andbthe measures on the initiative of the relevant authority referred to in Article 9.2Programmes shall consist of a coherent set of operations and shall be implemented over a period of at least one but not more than three years.3Simple programmes, further details of which are provided in Section 2 of this Chapter, may be submitted by one or more of the proposing organisations referred to in points (a), (c) or (d) of Article 7(1) ....4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Proposing organisations</Repeal>Article 71A programme may be proposed by:atrade or inter-trade organisations, established in the United Kingdom and representative of the sector or sectors concerned in the United Kingdom or a constituent nation, and in particular the interbranch organisations as referred to in Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and groups as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, provided that they are representative for the name protected under the latter Regulation which is covered by that programme;btrade or inter-trade organisations of the United Kingdom representative of the sector or sectors concerned at United Kingdom or constituent nation level;cproducer organisations or associations of producer organisations, as referred to in Articles 152 and 156 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that have been recognised in the United Kingdom;dagri-food sector bodies the objective and activity of which is to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products and which have been entrusted, by the relevant authority, with a clearly defined public service mission in this area; those bodies must have been legally established in the United Kingdom at least two years prior to the date of the call for proposals referred to in Article 8(2).2The appropriate authority may make regulations, setting out the specific conditions under which each of the proposing organisations, groups and bodies referred to in paragraph 1 may submit a programme. Those conditions shall, in particular, guarantee that those organisations, groups and bodies are representative and that the programme is on a significant scale.<Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Annual work programme</Repeal>Article 81The relevant authority may publish for each year an annual work programme setting out the operational objectives to be pursued, the operational priorities, the expected results, the method of implementation and the total amount of the financing plan. That annual work programme, and in particular its operational priorities, shall comply with the general and specific objectives set out in Article 2. In particular, the programme shall provide for specific temporary arrangements to react to serious market disturbance, loss of consumer confidence or other specific problems as referred to in point (e) of Article 2(2). It shall also contain the main evaluation criteria, a description of the measures to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated to each type of measure, an indicative implementation timetable and, in the case of grants, the maximum rate of the ... financial contribution. ...2Following publication of the work programme, the appropriate authority may issue a call for proposals for simple programmes to implement the work programme.<Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Measures on the initiative of the </Repeal><Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true"><Substitution ChangeId="key-d4bd641204759500c132eac14e4f432a-1732900596000" CommentaryRef="key-d4bd641204759500c132eac14e4f432a">relevant authority</Substitution></Repeal>Article 91The relevant authority may carry out information and promotion measures as described in Article 3, including campaigns, in the event of serious market disturbance, loss of consumer confidence or other specific problems referred to in point (e) of Article 2(2). Those measures may in particular take the form of high-level missions, participation in trade fairs and exhibitions of international importance by means of stands, or operations aimed at enhancing the image of United Kingdom products.2The relevant authority may develop technical support services, in particular with a view to:aencouraging awareness of different markets, including by means of exploratory business meetings;bmaintaining a dynamic professional network around information and promotion policy, including providing advice to the sector with regard to the threat of imitation and counterfeit products outside the United Kingdom; andcimproving knowledge of ... rules concerning programme development and implementation.<Repeal ChangeId="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f-1759939478045" CommentaryRef="key-39dd1f75215642d347f1537c1f309b2f" RetainText="true">Prohibition on double funding</Repeal>Article 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Words in Art. 6(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 100(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 6(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 100(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 6(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 100(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 49; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 7(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 101(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 8(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 50(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 8(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 50(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 8(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 50(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 8(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/831), regs. 1(4)(a), 50(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Words in Art. 9(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Word in Art. 9(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 102(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Art. 10 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products Framework (Miscellaneous Amendments, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/821), regs. 1, 103; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)Regulation revoked (E.W.S.) (1.1.2024) by Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c. 28), ss. 1(1), 22(3), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with s. 1(3)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2023/1143, regs. 2(2), 3(3), 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 3); S.I. 2023/1363, reg. 2