{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1862/annex/division-V/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1862/annex/division-V/division-B.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/1862",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1862/2004 of 26 October 2004 laying down the marketing standard applicable to watermelons",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1862",
  "path": "annex/division/V/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Packaging",
  "text": "The watermelons must be packed in such a way as to protect the produce properly.\nThe materials used inside the package, must be new, clean and of a quality such as to avoid causing any external or internal damage to the produce. The use of materials, particularly of paper or stamps, bearing trade specifications is allowed provided the printing or labelling has been done with non-toxic ink or glue.\nStickers individually affixed on product shall be such as, when removed, neither to leave visible traces of glue, nor to lead to skin defects\nPackages, or lots for produce presented in bulk, must be free of all foreign matter.\nWatermelons transported in bulk must be separated from the floor and walls of the vehicles by a suitable protective material, which must be new and clean and not liable to transfer any abnormal taste or smell to 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/2004/1862/annex/division/V/division/B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:09.901631+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."
}