Cap. 447 Art. 6Membership of producer organisations.

(1) Members of producer organisations shall abide by the rules of the organisation of which they are members, and shall -

(a) apply the rules adopted by the producer organisation relating to production reporting, the production itself, marketing and protection of the environment;

(b) belong to only one of the producer organisations in respect of each product, but may belong to various organisations as long as the relative organisations do not market similar products;

(c) subject to the provisions of subarticle (2), market the entire production of their produce through the producer organisation; and

(d) pay such financial contributions provided for in the rules of the producer organisation for the establishment and replenishment of the operational fund provided for in article 9.

(2) Where the producer organisation so authorizes, and in compliance with the terms and conditions it lays down, the members may -

(a) sell part of their production directly to consumers;

(b) market, through any other producer organisation or any other marketing channel, designated by their producer organisation, quantities of products which are marginal in relation to the volumes marketed by their organisation;

(c) market, through another producer organisation or any other marketing channel, designated by their producer organisation, products which, because of their characteristics, are not normally covered by the commercial activities of the organisation concerned; and

(d) in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Director by way of derogation, be authorised only for limited periods and on a gradually reducing scale, and with respect to particular products, to conclude direct contracts with processing undertakings.