{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2003-1535/article-7",
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  "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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Content of contracts",
  "text": "1. Contracts must specify, in particular:\n(a) the name and address of the signatory producer organisation;\n(b) the name and address of the processor;\n(c) the quantities of raw materials to be delivered for processing;\n(d) the period covered and the provisional schedule of deliveries to processors;\n(e) an undertaking by the processors to process the quantities delivered under the contract in question;\n(f) the price to be paid to the producer organisation for the raw materials, which may vary by variety and/or quality and/or delivery period and shall be paid only by bank or post office transfer;\n(g) the compensation payable should either party fail to fulfil its contractual obligations, in particular as regards the payment in full of the price specified in the contract, the respect of time limits for payment, and the obligation to deliver and accept the quantities covered by the contract.\nThe contract shall also indicate the delivery stage to which the price referred to in point (f) applies and the payment terms. In the case of tomatoes, peaches, pears and dried figs, the payment deadline may not exceed two months from the end of the month of delivery of each consignment.\n2. In the case of prunes and dried figs, the price referred to in point (f) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 9(3) shall not include, in particular, costs connected with packing, loading, transport, unloading and the payment of taxes, which shall, where applicable, be indicated separately. The price shall not be lower than the minimum price laid down under Article 6b of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2004 of 10 March 2004 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2005 of 2 February 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": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2003/1535/article/7",
    "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."
}