No L 106/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 4. 94 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 915/94 of 26 April 1994 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 as regards banana producers’ organziations THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 of 13 February 1993 on the common organization of the market in bananas ('), as amended by Commission Regu- lation (EC) No 3518/93 (3, and in particular Article 9 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 lays down provi- sions for the setting up of banana producers’ organiza- tions ; whereas, in order to be recognized, such organiza- tions must satisfy specific conditions ; whereas the condi- tions are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the organization, by virtue of their size, the length of time they have been in operation, their constitution and the way in which they function, will contribute to the impro- vements sought in the conditions in which bananas are produced and marketed ; Whereas these requirements, which are intended to ensure that producers’ organizations have a minimum level of stability and economic activity, particularly as regards the number of members and volume of produc- tion, must be determined in the light of the structural diversity of the producer regions in the Community; Whereas, also for the purpose of stability and effective- ness, it is necessary to specify, first, the means and facili- ties which producers’ organizations must place at the disposal of their members and, secondly, the type of rules which such organizations must adopt and impose on their members in order to achieve the objectives of groups recognized pursuant to Community rules ; Whereas the implementation of the specific measures adopted by the Council, together with those in this Regu- lation, implies a strict obligation for producers’ organiza- tions to transmit detailed information at given intervals to the authorities designed by the Member States, in order to enable the latter to monitor the execution of undertakings made by producers’ organizations with a view to recogni- tion ; whereas the checks to be carried out by the Member States and the communications for monitoring the appli- cation of the abovementioned provisions should be speci- fied ; Whereas it is necesary to specifiy the provisions which should apply to producer groups which have been recog- () OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1. ) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 15. nized pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 18 June 1978 on producer groups and associations thereof (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3669/93 (¥) and which, under the system set up by the said Regulation, have received aid torwards their setting-up and adminis- trative running costs; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Member States shall grant specific recognition, as provided in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, to producers’ organizations and associations thereof, herei- nafter referred to as ‘producers’ organizations’, whose economic activity concerns the production and marketing of fresh bananas and which comply with Article 5 of the aforesaid Regulation and the provisions of this Regula- tion. Producers’ organizations recognized pursuant to Regula- tion (EEC) No 1360/78 shall be granted specific recogni- tion, as provided in the first paragraph, where the compe- tent authorities find that the constituent instrument and rules of operation of such organizations comply with the provisions referred to in the first paragraph. Article 2 1.  Producers’ organizations shall submit the application for specific recognition to the respective competent authorities designed by the Member States, together with their constituent instrument and the information speci- fied in Part A of Annex IL 2. The competent authorities shall check the accuracy of the information submitted, by examining documents and conducting on-the-spot inspections. In cases of doubt, they shall carry out any other checks to ensure that the conditions laid down in Article 1 are satisfied. 3.  Specific recognition shall be granted within 90 days from receipt of the appliction, subject to any additional time required for supplementary investigations. () OJ No L 166, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1. () OF No L 338, 31. 12. 1993, p. 26.