{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-571/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-571/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The premium shall be granted to starch-producing undertakings in respect of starch produced from potatoes of sound and fair marketable quality, on the basis of the quantity of potatoes used and their starch content, at the rates laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2235/2003 up to the quantity of starch for which they hold a subquota. No premium shall be granted for starch produced from potatoes that are not of sound and fair marketable quality nor for starch produced from potatoes whose starch content is below 13 %, except where the second subparagraph of Article 5(3) applies.\nWhere the starch content of the potatoes is calculated by Reimann’s or Parrow’s scale and corresponds to a figure appearing on two or three lines in the second column in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2235/2003, the rates applicable shall be those for the second or third line.\n2. Where the batches delivered contain 25 % or more of potatoes which can pass through a screen with a square mesh of 28 mm (hereinafter described as ‘tailings’), the net weight used for determining the minimum price to be paid by the starch-producing undertaking shall be reduced as follows:\nPercentage of tailings\nPercentage reduction\n25 to 30 %\n10 %\n31 to 40 %\n15 %\n41 to 50 %\n20 %\nIf the batches contain more than 50 % of tailings, they shall be dealt with by mutual agreement and no premium shall be paid thereon.\nThe percentage of tailings shall be determined at the same time as the net weight.\n3. Observance of the limits of the subquota by the starch-producing undertakings shall be determined on the basis of the quantity and starch content of the potatoes used, in accordance with the rates laid down in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2235/2003.",
  "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/2009/571/article/7",
    "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."
}