L 289/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 16.11.2000 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2508/2000 of 15 November 2000 laying down the detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards operational programmes in the fisheries sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products ('), and in particular Article 9(5) and Article 10(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 requires producer organ- isations to submit an operational programme for plan- ning supply and regulate in advance the deliveries from their members at the beginning of each fishing year. (2)  The content of the operational programme needs to be defined for producer organisations to meet their obliga- tions. It is therefore necessary to stipulate what is required in the marketing strategy, the catch plan, and the production plan for both fishing and aquaculture producer organisations. (3)  Producer organisations need to ensure internal discipline in order to ensure that the operational programme can be enforced. The penalties must be in proportion to the infringement and must be made known to the members in advance. (4)  The timetable for submission by the producer organ- isations and approval by the competent national author- ities of the operational programmes should be estab- lished to ensure an effective operation of the arrange- ments. (5)  An advance should be granted to producer organisations in order to cover some of the financial costs incurred in establishing operational programmes. (6) It is appropriate to provide for a report to be submitted on the implementation of the operational programme at the end of the fishing year to enable the producer organ- isation to assess the effectiveness of its programme and to enable the national authorities to establish whether the financial compensation should be granted. (7)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, () O] L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER 1 Marketing strategy and catch plan for fishing producer organisations Article 1 For the species in Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, the marketing strategy referred to in Article 9(1)(a of that Regulation shall include the following: (a) the number of registered members of the producer organ- isation on the first day of the fishing year as defined in Article 9(1) of this Regulation; (b) the number and type of fishing vessels that are members of the producer organisation on the first day of the fishing year; (c) the volume of production and intervention operations by species in the previous fishing year; (d) the aggregate turnover of the producer organisation in the previous fishing year; (e) the quota allocated to the producer organisation by species; (f) the percentage of fish sold through auctions or by other means in the previous fishing year; e strate o improve or maintain the quality of the g) the strategy t p tain the quality of th products disposed of through the producer organisation or its members; (h) voluntary product labelling or other promotional activities; (i) proposed new outlets or other commercial opportunities. Article 2 1. The species that represent a significant share of the land- ings of a producer organisation shall be taken as those species which contribute: (a) at least 5 % of the total production of the producer organ- isation during the previous fishing year by volume or by value for species which are covered by catch quotas as set in accordance with Article 8(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 (3; or () OJ L 389, 31.12.1992, p. 1.