{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-27.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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Payment of the aid",
  "text": "1. Aid for tomatoes, peaches and pears shall be paid by the competent authorities of the Member State in which the producer organisation signing the contract has its head office, as soon as those authorities have checked the aid application and established that the products covered by that application have been delivered and accepted for processing, on the basis, in particular, of the checks provided for in Article 31(1)(a).\nThe aid payable shall be that corresponding to the Member State in which the raw material is produced.\nWhere processing takes place in another Member State, that Member State shall provide the Member State where the producer organisation signing the contract has its head office with proof that the product has in fact been delivered and accepted for processing.\nWithin 15 working days following receipt of the aid, the producer organisation shall pay in full the amounts received, by bank or postal transfer, to its members and, where applicable, to producers as referred to in Article 12(3). In cases covered by Article 4(2)(b), payment may be made by opening a credit line.\nWhere a producer organisation is wholly or partly made up of members which are themselves organisations with legal personality made up of producers, payments as provided for in the third subparagraph shall be paid on by those member organisations to the producers within 15 working days.\n2. Aid for prunes and dried figs shall be paid by the competent authorities of the Member State in which the product is processed, once those authorities have established that the requirements for grant of the aid have been met.\nWhere processing takes place outside the Member State in which the product has been grown, that Member State shall furnish proof to the Member State paying the aid that the minimum price payable to the producer has been paid. Where the price is paid in the euro zone, proof of payment may be furnished by the processor by means of confirmation of the bank transfer.\n3. No aid shall be granted on quantities in respect of which the necessary checks on entitlement to the aid have not been conducted.\n4. The aid shall be paid to producer organisations and processors no later than:\n(a) 60 days after the date on which the application, including all the information required under Articles 24 and 26 of this Regulation, is submitted, in the case of tomatoes, peaches, pears and dried figs;\n(b) 90 days after the date on which the application is submitted, in the case of prunes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted 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/27",
    "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."
}