Register of operators
Article 5
1. In order to be eligible for entry in the register referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) No 229/2013, operators shall undertake to: (a) communicate to the competent authorities, at their request, all relevant information about their commercial activities, particularly regarding the prices and profit margins they practise; (b) operate exclusively in their own name and on their own account; (c) submit certificate applications commensurate with their real capacity to dispose of the products concerned, such capacity being proven by reference to objective factors; (d) refrain from acting in any way likely to create artificial shortages of products and from marketing the available products at artificially low prices; (e) ensure to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that, when the agricultural products are disposed of in the smaller islands, the advantage is passed on to the end-user. 2. Operators intending to dispatch to the rest of the Union or export to third countries unprocessed, processed or packaged products under the conditions referred to in Article 11 shall, at the time of applying for entry in the register or later, declare their intention to engage in this activity and indicate the location of the packaging plant where applicable. 3. Processors intending to export to third countries or dispatch to the rest of the Union processed products under the conditions referred to in Article 11 or 12 shall, at the time of applying for entry in the register or later, declare their intention to engage in this activity, indicate the location of the processing plant and, where applicable, provide analytical lists of the processed products.