7.9.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 227/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1886/2000 of 6 September 2000 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the extension to non-members of certain rules adopted by producers' organisations 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and aquaculture products ('), and in particular Article 7(10) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, which repealed Council Regulations (EEC) No 3759/922 (?) and (EEC) No 1772/ 82 (}) with effect from 1 January 2001, contains provi- sions on an extension to non-members of rules intro- duced by producer organisations. It is now appropriate to fill out the framework laid down by Regulation (EC) No 104/2000, by enacting detailed rules and by repealing the current Regulation on this subject, namely Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3190/82 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1336/95 (). (2) It is necessary to define criteria for assessing the degree of representativeness of the producers' organisations whose rules it is proposed to extend to non-members. Those criteria should include both, the proportion of the total quantities marketed of the species concerned accounted for by the members of the organisation and the proportion of fishermen in the area in question who are members of the organisation. (3) In order to harmonise the implementation of these measures, the production and marketing rules which may be extended to non-members should be defined. For the same purpose, the stage to which such extended rules apply should be specified. (4) A minimum period of application of the rules in ques- tion should be fixed in order to maintain a certain stability in the conditions under which fishery products are marketed. (5)  Member States which decide to make obligatory the rules adopted by a producers' organisation are obliged to submit them to the Commission for examination. It is necessary, therefore, to specify what information is to be notified to the Commission. (6) It is necessary for Member States and the Commission to publish information on the extension of rules which could affect the sector. (7)  Any amendments to the rules extended to non-members should be subject to the same requirements as to noti- () O] L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. () O] L 388, 31.12.1992, p. 1. () O] L 197, 6.7.1982, p. 1. () O] L 338, 30.11.1982, p. 11. () O] L 129, 14.6.1995, p. 4. fication to the Commission and publication as the orig- inal extension. (8)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fishery Products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The production and marketing activities of a producers' organisation shall be considered to be sufficiently repres- entative in the area within which it is proposed to extend the rules if: (a) marketing by the producers' organisation or by its members of the species to which the rules would apply accounts for more than 65 % overall of the quantities marketed, and (b) the number of fishermen aboard vessels operated by members of the producers’ organisation is more than 50 % of the total number of fishermen established in the area to whom the rules would apply. 2. For the purposes of point 1(a), account shall be taken of quantities marketed during the previous marketing year. 3. For the purpose of calculating the percentage referred to in point 1(b), fishermen aboard vessels whose overall length is less than or equal to 10 metres shall be taken into account in proportion to the relation between the quantities marketed by such fishermen and the total quantities marketed in the area in question. Article 2 The production and marketing rules referred to in Article 7(1)(@) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall include the following elements: (a) the quality, size or weight and presentation of products offered for sale; (b) sampling, receptacles used for sales purposes, packaging and labelling and the use of ice; (c) the conditions of the first placing of the market, which may include rules on the rational disposal of production in order to stabilise the market. Article 3 The minimum period of application of the rules to be extended to non-members shall be 90 days.