1.The appropriate authority for the constituent nation in which a producer organisation has its head office must:
(a)organise checks on that organisation in respect of the operational programme and operational fund; and
(b)apply administrative penalties in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter V of Title II of Regulation (EU) 2017/891 where such checks demonstrate that the relevant obligations have not been met.
2.The appropriate authorities for any other constituent nations in which the producer organisation’s members are located must, within any reasonable period provided by the appropriate authority in which the producer organisation has its head office:
(a)provide such administrative assistance and carry out such administrative and on–the-spot checks as are required by that authority; and
(b)report the results of those checks to that authority.
3.In respect of environmental and phytosanitary measures and crisis prevention and management measures, a producer organisation must comply with the rules of the constituent nation where the respective measures and actions take place. In respect of all other matters in relation to the producer organisation and the operational programme and operational fund, the producer organisation must comply with the rules applicable in the constituent nation in which its head office is located.]
Textual Amendments
F1Arts. 34A, 34B inserted (25.6.2021) by The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Fruit and Vegetable Producer Organisations, Tariff Quotas and Wine) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/756), regs. 1(2), 5(25), 7(a)