{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2003/1535",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Submission of aid applications",
  "text": "1. In the case of tomatoes, peaches and pears, producer organisations shall submit their aid applications to the competent authorities of the Member State in which their head office is situated, provided that that Member State has a processing threshold for the product concerned specified in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2201/96. The quantity for which aid is sought shall count against the threshold for the Member State in which the raw material is produced.\nProcessors of prunes and dried figs shall submit aid applications to the competent authorities of the Member State in which processing is carried out.\n2. In the case of tomatoes, peaches and pears, only one aid application may be submitted per marketing year. Applications must reach the competent authorities no later than the following dates of the marketing year concerned:\n30 November for tomatoes. However, Member States may postpone the date for lodging applications to 15 December,\n31 January for peaches and pears.\nApplications for advance payment of the aid may be submitted under the conditions laid down in Article 25.\n3. In the case of prunes, processors may submit three aid applications for each marketing year:\n(a) the first for products processed up to 15 January,\n(b) the second for products processed from 16 January to 30 April, and\n(c) the third for products processed from 1 May to the end of the marketing year concerned.\nAid applications as referred to in (a) and (b) shall be submitted within 30 days of expiry of the processing period concerned and applications as referred to in (c) by 14 August of the marketing year in progress.\n4. In the case of dried figs, processors may submit three aid applications for each marketing year:\n(a) the first for products processed up to 30 November;\n(b) the second for products processed from 1 December to the end of February, and\n(c) the third for products processed from 1 March to the end of the marketing year concerned.\nAid applications as referred to in (a) and (b) shall be submitted within 30 days following expiry of the processing period concerned and applications as referred to in (c) by 31 October of the following marketing year.\n5. If aid applications are submitted after the deadlines specified in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the aid shall be reduced by 1 % per day of delay and no aid shall be granted if the application is more than 15 days late.\n6. However, in exceptional and duly justified cases, Member States may accept aid applications after those deadlines, provided that this does not hinder effective checks on the production aid scheme. In this case, paragraph 5 shall not apply.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1663/2005 of 11 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1535/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:57.359722+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}