{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-953/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-953/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/953",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2006 of 19 June 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, as regards the processing aid for flax and hemp grown for fibre, and Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, as regards hemp eligible for the single payment scheme",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-953",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Article 52 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 shall be replaced by the following:\n‘Production of hemp\nArticle 52 1. In case of production of hemp, the varieties used shall have a tetrahydrocannabinol content not exceeding 0,2 %. Member States shall establish a system for verifying the tetrahydrocannabinol content of the crops grown on at least 30 % of the areas on hemp. However, if a Member State introduces a system of prior approval for such cultivation, the minimum shall be 20 %.\n2. In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 144(2), the granting of payments shall be made subject to the use of certified seeds of certain varieties.’",
  "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/2006/953/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:39.669124+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."
}