Article 1

The marketing standards applicable to watermelons falling within CN code 0807 11 shall be as set out in the Annex.

The standards shall apply to all marketing stages under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2200/96.

However, at stages following dispatch, products may show, in relation to the requirements of the standard:

1. (a)

   a slight lack of freshness and turgidity;

2. (b)

   slight deterioration due their development and their tendency to perish.