By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a contract or an offer for a contract shall not be required where the products concerned are delivered by a producer to a purchaser which is a cooperative of which the producer is a member if the statutes of that cooperative or the rules and decisions provided for in, or derived from, these statutes contain provisions having similar effects to the provisions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 4.
De mhaolú ar mhír 1, ní bheidh gá le conradh, nó tairiscint i dtaca le conradh i gcás ina seachadfaidh táirgeoir na táirgí lena mbaineann ar cheannaitheoir ar comharchumann é a bhfuil an táirgeoir ina chomhalta de más rud go bhfuil, i reachtanna an chomharchumainn sin, nó sna rialacha agus sna cinntí dá bhforáiltear sna reachtanna sin nó a thagann de na reachtanna sin, forálacha a bhfuil éifeachta acu atá comhchosúil léi siúd atá leagtha amach i bpointe (a), i bpointe (b) agus i bpointe (c) de mhír 4.