8. 9.9 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2602/90 of 7 September 1990 laying down detailed rules concerning citrus fruit producers’ organizations THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the- market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1193/90 (3, and in particular Article 13b (3) thereof, Whereas - Article 13a of Regulation. (EEC) No 1035/72 provides that, in order to be recognized, citrus fruit producers’ organizations must meet additional conditions,” with a view to making up for the structural shortcomings- of the market ; whereas those conditions are designed to provide reasonable assurance that these organizations, 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 improvements sought in the conditions in which citrus fruits 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 pro- duction, must be determined in the light of the structural diversity of the producer regions in the south of 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 and exact information at given intervals to the authority designated by the Member State, in order to enable the latter to monitor the execution of undertakings made by producers’ organizations with a view to recognition ; whereas the checks to be carried out by the Member States and the communications for moni- toring the application of the abovementioned provisions should be specified ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 43 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Member States shall grant recognition to citrus fruit producers’ organizations which comply with Articles 13 and 13a of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 and.the provi- sions of this Regulation. ‘Citrus fruit producers’ organizations’ means organizations of producers whose citrus fruit production is relatively more important than the production of any other type of - fruit and vegetable. Article -2 1.  The minimum volume of marketable citrus fruit and the minimum number of members which producers’ organizations must have pursuant to Article 13a (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall be as set out in Annex L 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the production to be taken into account shall be the average citrus fruit production marketed by all the member producers during the three marketing years prior to recognition. Article 3 The necessary means to attain the objectives referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 shall include at_least facilities for: — sorting, sizing and market preparation, with a capacity appropriate to the volume of citrus fruit production delivered by members, — the administration of technical and commercial acti- vity, — centralized bookkeeping. Article 4 1. Producers’ organizations shall provide proof of the existence of the intervention fund provided for in the last subparagraph- of Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 for financing withdrawal operations ; such proof may be provided by the notification of a-bank account: reserved for such operations. 2. Producers’ organizations shall provide proof of the. existence of a financial reserve to guarantee their func- tioning. Article 5 For the admission of new members, the rules of associa- tion of producers’ organizations shall include the follo- wing requirements :