L 195/6 Official Journal of the European Union 24.7.2008 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 696/2008 of 23 July 2008 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 (Codified version) 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)  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 () has been substantially amended (}). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified. (2) It is necessary to define criteria for assessing the degree of representativeness of the producers’ organisations in the catch sector 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 organisa- tion. It is also necessary to define specific criteria in the aquaculture sector as regards representativeness. (3) In order to harmonise the implementation of these measures, the production and marketing rules which may be extended to non-members in the catch and aqua- culture sectors 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 question should be fixed in order to maintain a certain () OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1759/2006 (O] L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 3). (®» OJ L 227, 7.9.2000, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1812/2001 (OJ L 246, 15.9.2001, p. 5). (%) See Annex L 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 notifi- cation to the Commission and publication as the original 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 in the catch sector shall be considered to be suf- ficiently representative 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 which may be extended would apply.