S.L. 427.90 Art. 9Participation in the scheme.

(1) An actor who wants to participate in the scheme shall submit to the Director an application in the form established by the

Director:

Provided that an actor may submit an application on behalf of a group of actors: Provided further that the Director may, if he deems necessary, request further information from the actor.

(2) The Director shall on receipt of the application, submitted in accordance with sub-regulation (1), verify that all the requested information and documentation has been submitted and that the applicant fulfils the administrative criteria established by him to participate in the scheme. If the information is verified to be correct and the applicant fulfils the above-mentioned administrative criteria, the Director shall instruct the authority or control body established in terms of regulation 7 to perform inspections in order to establish whether the actor is in conformity with the criteria established by or through these regulations.

(3) The authority or control body referred to in sub-regulation

(2) shall, following the inspection, submit a report with the findings to the Director.

(4) The Director shall, after evaluating the report, decide whether to admit an actor to participate in the scheme or otherwise:

Provided that the Director shall not admit an actor to participate in the scheme if, from the report of the control body, it results that the actor is not in conformity with the criteria established.

(5) On admittance into the scheme, the Director shall issue a certificate of adherence to the scheme and list the operator in the register established by regulation 14.