{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1861/annex/division-II/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1861/annex/division-II/division-B.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/1861",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1861/2004 of 28 October 2004 laying down the marketing standard applicable to peaches and nectarines",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1861",
  "path": "annex/division/II/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Minimum maturity requirements",
  "text": "The peaches and nectarines must be sufficiently developed and display satisfactory ripeness.\nThe development and state of maturity of the peaches and nectarines must be such as to enable them to continue their ripening process and to reach a satisfactory degree of ripeness. In order to satisfy this requirement the refractometrix index of the flesh, measured at the middle point of the fruit pulp at the equatorial section must be greater than or equal to 8 ° Brix and the firmness must be lower than 6,5 kg measured with a plunger of 8 mm diameter (0,5 cm2) at two points of the equatorial section of the fruit.",
  "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/2004/1861/annex/division/II/division/B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:09.931747+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."
}