S.L. 447.2 Art. 3Characteristics of producer organisation.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, a producer organisation is any entity having a separate and distinct legal personality from that of its members which is recognised by the

Director as a voluntary legally constituted body of producers of particular products or of persons engaged in agricultural industries acting together to produce, harvest, store, package and, or market any of the following products:

(i) Potatoes,

(ii) Pig meat,

(iii) Milk

(iv) Poultry

(v) Traditional Cheeselets made from sheep and, or goats,

(vi) Honey,

(vii) Rabbit meat.

(2) The principal aims of a producer organisation are to:

(i) ensure that the production is planned and adjusted to market demand, particularly in terms of quality and quantity;

(ii) promote the products under categories listed in sub-regulation (1), produced by its members;

(iii) reduce production costs and stabilise producer prices;

(iv) promote the use of cultivation practices, production techniques and environmentally sound waste-management practices in particular to protect the quality of water, soil and landscape and to preserve and encourage biodiversity;

(v) effectively enable their members to obtain technical assistance in using environmentally-friendly cultivation and production practices.

(3) A producer organisation must have its Rules of Association in conformity with regulation 5.