Cap. 447 Art. 19Regulations.

(1) The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subarticle (1), the regulations may make provision for:

(a) the criteria to be used for the recognition of producer organisations and interbranch associations, including the minimum number of members and the minimum volume of marketable production required for recognition;

(b) the categories of products which qualify for the formation and the recognition of producer organisations and interbranch associations; and the categories of related trades which qualify for the formation and the recognition of interbranch associations;

(c) the conditions under which a producer organisation or an interbranch association shall be deemed to be representative of a sector or of a specific area;

(d) the rules governing the running and operation of producer organisations and interbranch associations;

(e) the information which producer organisations are expected to collect and forward upon demand and the provision for administrative penalties and fines, not exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37), in cases of unjustified delays or systematic negligence in the proper performance of these tasks;

(f) the contents of operational programmes, and the rules which govern the allocation of financial aid to operational funds;

(g) the proportion of the operational fund which may be used to finance market withdrawals;

(h) the procedure for the establishment, administration and inspections of producer organisations;

(i) the measures which may be taken by the Director to improve the competitiveness of products and their promotion;

(j) the determination of the withdrawal compensation payable for a particular product; and

(k) the administrative penalties and fines, not exceeding two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37), which may be imposed on producer organisations and, or interbranch associations which do not fulfil their undertakings or act in contravention of the provisions of this Act.