Article 9 Amendments to contracts

The parties may decide to increase the quantities originally stipulated in a processing contract by means of a written amendment thereto.

Such amendments shall show the identification number of the contract to which they relate, and shall be signed no later than:

• 15 August for peaches,

• 15 September for tomatoes and pears,

• 15 November for prunes obtained from ‘d'Ente’ plums and dried figs.

The amendments referred to in paragraph 1 may increase the quantity originally stipulated in the contract by no more than 30 %.

F1However, amendments to contracts for unprocessed dried figs intended for the production of fig pastes may be concluded no later than 31 May and may increase the quantities originally stipulated in the contracts by no more than 100 %.

The price of the additional quantity laid down in the amendment may differ from the price referred to in point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 7(1).