In the case of a legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, Member States may apply the limits referred to in paragraph 6 at the level of the members of those legal persons or groups where national law provides for the individual members to assume rights and obligations comparable to those of individual farmers who have the status of a head of holding, in particular as regards their economic, social and tax status, provided that they have contributed to strengthening the agricultural structures of the legal persons or groups concerned.
I gcás duine dhlítheanaigh, nó grúpa daoine nádúrtha nó dlítheanacha, féadfaidh na Ballstáit na teorainneacha dá dtagraítear i mír 6 a chur i bhfeidhm ar leibhéal chomhaltaí na ndaoine nó na ngrúpaí dlítheanacha sin i gcás ina bhforálfar leis an dlí náisiúnta do chearta agus d'oibleagáidí na gcomhaltaí aonair atá inchomparáide le cearta feirmeoirí aonair atá i gceannas ar ghabháltas, go háirithe maidir lena stádas eacnamaíoch, sóisialta agus cánach, ar an gcoinníoll gur chuidigh siad struchtúir thalmhaíochta na ndaoine nó na ngrúpaí dlíthiúla lena mbaineann a neartú.