{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-571/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-571/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/571",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 571/2009 of 30 June 2009 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the establishment of a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-571",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. A cultivation contract shall be concluded for each marketing year. Each contract shall have an identification number and include at least the following information:\n(a) the name and address of the producer or group of producers;\n(b) the name and address of the starch-producing undertaking;\n(c) the areas cultivated, expressed in hectares with two decimals and identified in conformity with Commission Regulation (EC) No 796/2004 on the integrated administration and control system (IACS);\n(d) the foreseen quantity of potatoes in tonnes to be harvested there and delivered to the starch-producing undertaking;\n(e) the foreseen average starch content of the potatoes, based on the average starch content of the potatoes delivered by the producer to the starch-producing undertaking over the last three marketing years or, if such information is not available, on the average content for the area of supply;\n(f) a commitment by the starch-producing undertaking to pay the producer the minimum price referred to in Article 95a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.\n2. Each starch-producing undertaking shall forward to the competent authority before the beginning of the marketing year a summary of the contracts, including for each contract, the identification number, the name and address of the producer, the areas cultivated, and the tonnage contracted, expressed in terms of starch equivalent, before a date to be fixed by the Member State before the beginning of the marketing year, in order to ensure the necessary controls.\n3. The total in starch equivalent of the quantities listed in the cultivation contracts shall not exceed the subquota established for the starch-producing undertaking concerned.\n4. Where the quantity actually produced under the cultivation contract in starch equivalent exceeds the quantity stated in the contract, that quantity may be delivered, if the starch-producing undertaking so chooses, provided the minimum price referred to in Article 95a(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is paid for it.\n5. A starch-producing undertaking may not take delivery of potatoes not covered by a cultivation contract.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 141, 30.4.2004, p. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/571/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:25.938064+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."
}