Conditions for the extension of rules
Article 68
1. Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall apply to products of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors provided that the rules referred to in paragraph 4 of that Article: (a) have been in force for at least one year; (b) are made binding for no more than three years. However, Member States may derogate from the condition laid down in point (a) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph where the aim of the rules to be extended is one of those referred to in points (a), (e), (f), (h), (i) (j), (m) and (n) of the first subparagraph of Article 164(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. The rules which are made binding on all producers in a specific economic area shall not apply to products delivered for processing under a contract signed before the beginning of the harvest, unless the extension of rules expressly covers such products, with the exception of the rules on market reporting referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 164(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 3. Rules of producer organisations or associations of producer organisations may not be made binding on producers of organic products covered by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 unless they have been agreed by at least 50 % of producers covered by that Regulation in the economic area in which the producer organisation or the association of producer organisations operates and that organisation or association covers at least 60 % of such production of that area. 4. The rules referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 164(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall not apply to products which were produced outside the specific economic area referred to in Article 164(2) of that Regulation.