No L 271/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 11. 95 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2636/95 of 13 November 1995 laying down conditions for the grant of specific recognition and financial aid to producers’ organizations in the fisheries sector in order to improve the quality of their products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the commor organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3318/94 (%), and in parti- cular Articles 7a (4) and 7b (4) thereof, Whereas Article 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 provides that specific recognition may be granted to producers’ organizations which implement a plan to improve the quality and marketing of their products; whereas conditions should be laid down governing the grant and withdrawal of such specific recognition ; Whereas specific recognition may be granted only to recognized producers’ organizations within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92; Whereas the information to be provided by the producers’ organizations and certain aspects of the procedure for the grant and withdrawal of specific recognition should be laid down ; Whereas Article 7b of the said Regulation provides also that Member States may grant financial aid to producers’ organizations that have been specifically recognized; whereas it is necessary to lay down certain provisions for the calculation of the aid and the procedure governing its financing by the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance ; Whereas 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 This Regulation lays down detailed rules of application for: — specific recognition of producers’ organizations as referred to in Article 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92, and () OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OF No L 350, 31. 12. 1994, p. 15. — the financial aid for producers’ organizations that have been specifically recognized as provided for in Article 7b of that Regulation, hereinafter referred to as the ‘basic Regulation’. Article 2 1. Under the conditions laid down in Article 7a (1) of the basic Regulation, specific recognition may be granted only to producers’ organizations recognized pursuant to Article 4 of the basic Regulation. 2. Withdrawal by a Member State of recognition from a producers’ organization pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 105/76 () on the recognition of producers’ organizations in the fishing industry shall entail also the withdrawal of specific recognition which may have been granted to that producers’ organization. Article 3 1. Specific recognition of a producers’ organization shall be withdrawn in cases where the requirements laid down in Article 7a of the basic Regulation are no longer met or where such recognition is based on erroneous information. 2. If a producers’ organization fails to fulfil its obliga- tions or to forward to the Member State the information required for monitoring its activities, the Member State may refuse or withdraw specific recognition. 3. Specific recognition shall be withdrawn with retroac- tive effect where the organization to which it has been granted has used it or benefits from it fraudulently. In such cases, any aid granted under Article 7b of the basic Regulation shall be recovered by the Member State. Article 4 Producers’ organizations which seek specific recognition shall forward to the competent authorities in the Member State : (a) a list of the products marketed by them or by their members in accordance with the common rules laid down by the organization and which are subject to a plan to improve their quality and marketing; () OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 39.