(a) a farmer who produces and sells milk; 

(b) a person operating an establishment which either processes milk or manufactures other milk products or both; and 

(c) any other person or group of persons who buy and sell milk or other milk products at any point in the chain of supply for dairy produce between a farmer and consumer; 

“farmer” means a person who (alone or in partnership) carries on the trade of farming; 

“logistics service provider” means any person carrying on (or actively seeking to carry on) a business providing a service to a dairy produce supplier in relation to delivery or storage of dairy produce or the maintenance of equipment used to process milk or manufacture other milk products; 

“milk” means the product of milking one or more cows; 

“other milk products” means any milk products other than milk, and includes skimmed and semi-skimmed milk, cream, butter, yoghurt and cheese; 

“qualifying activities” has the meaning given in article 3 for dairy produce suppliers and has the meaning given in article 4 for logistics service providers; 

“retailer” means any person carrying on (or actively seeking to carry on) a business in the supply of dairy produce to consumers; 

“surplus milk” means milk produced which is excess to customer demand. 

## Qualifying activities by dairy produce suppliers 

3. —(1) For the purposes of this Order a qualifying activity by a dairy produce supplier is— 

(a) any activity specified in paragraph (2) insofar as it— 

(i) is for the purpose referred to in article 5(2)(a); and 

(ii) does not involve the sharing between dairy produce suppliers of any information regarding costs or pricing; or 

(b) any activity specified in paragraph (3) insofar as it— 

(i) is for the purpose referred to in article 5(4)(a); and 

(ii) does not involve the sharing between dairy produce suppliers of any information regarding costs or pricing. 

(2) The activities specified in this paragraph are— 

(a) collecting and sharing information on surplus milk quantities, stock levels, and aggregate customer demand for milk during the dairy produce demand disruption period; 

(b) collecting and sharing information on the availability of milk processing, storage and drying capacity during the dairy produce demand disruption period; 

(c) sharing of labour or coordination of the deployment of labour from other industries into the dairy produce supplier workforce during the dairy produce demand disruption period; 

(d) coordination and sharing of facilities or coordination of the deployment of new facilities in the dairy produce supply chain during the dairy produce demand disruption period; 

(e) coordination on the processing and storage of surplus milk during the dairy produce demand disruption period; and 

(f) sharing information on services provided by logistics service providers during the dairy produce demand disruption period. 

(3) The activities specified in this paragraph are— 

(a) coordination as regards the temporary reduction of milk production during the dairy produce demand disruption period insofar as it does not involve coordination with the object of excluding one or more dairy produce suppliers from the market; and 

