{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-263/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-263/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/263",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 263/2006 of 15 February 2006 amending Regulations (EC) No 796/2004 and (EC) No 1973/2004 as regards nuts",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-263",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1973/2004 shall be replaced by the following:\n‘Conditions of payment of Community aid\nArticle 15 1. Only agricultural parcels planted with nut trees and meeting the conditions provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article at the date to be fixed in accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 shall be eligible for the area payment provided for in Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003.\nIn the case of a parcel planted with different species of nut trees and when the aid is differentiated by species, eligibility shall be conditional on compliance for at least one of the species of nuts with the minimum number of trees per hectare laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article.\n2. The minimum size of the parcel eligible for the area payment provided for in Article 83 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be 0,10 hectare. However, Member States may fix a higher minimum parcel size on the basis of objective criteria and taking into account the specific characteristics of the areas concerned.\n3. The number of nut trees per hectare may not be less than:\n(i) 125 for hazelnuts;\n(ii) 50 for almonds;\n(iii) 50 for walnuts;\n(iv) 50 for pistachios;\n(v) 30 for locust beans.\nHowever, Member States may fix a higher tree density on the basis of objective criteria and taking into account the specific characteristics of the production concerned.\n4. In the cases referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the level of the aid to be granted is the level corresponding to the species for which the eligibility conditions are met and for which the amount is highest.’",
  "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/2006/263/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:54.872896+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."
}