{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-32.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/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Checks on prunes and dried figs",
  "text": "1. For each producer organisation delivering prunes and dried figs, administrative and accounting checks shall be conducted on at least 5 % of producers covered by contracts to verify that the following tally:\n(a) the raw materials delivered by each producer for processing; and\n(b) the payments provided for in Article 22(1).\n2. For each factory, finished product and marketing year, the following checks shall be conducted:\n(a) unannounced physical checks;\n(b) administrative and accounting checks.\nThe unannounced physical checks shall be conducted on at least 5 % of finished products eligible for production aid, to verify that they comply with the minimum quality requirements applicable. Where the results of analysis of official samples are at variance with the particulars entered in processors' records, and indicate that the minimum Community quality requirements have not been met, no aid shall be paid for the processing operations concerned.\nThe administrative and accounting checks shall be conducted in order to verify:\n(a) that the quantities of raw materials used for processing correspond to those indicated in the aid application;\n(b) that the price paid for the raw materials processed into products as referred to in (a) is at least equal to the minimum price laid down;\n(c) transfer orders as referred to in Article 22(1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1535/article/32",
    "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."
}