# 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, Article 6: Date of signing of contracts

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Each year, contracts shall be signed no later than:
(a) 15 February, in the case of tomatoes;
(b) 15 July, and seven working days before deliveries are to commence, in the case of peaches;
(c) 31 July, and seven working days before deliveries are to commence, in the case of pears;
(d) before the start of the marketing year, in the case of the other products.
Member States may postpone the date fixed at (a) above until 10 March.
2. If the amount of the aid for tomatoes has not been published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the date laid down in Article 3(3)(a), the date fixed in paragraph 1(a) of this Article shall be postponed until the 15th day following the date of actual publication.
3. If the minimum price to be paid to producers for prunes or dried figs has not been published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 15 days before the date provided for in paragraph 1(d), that date shall be postponed until the fifteenth day following the date of actual publication.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1535/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-6
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