Article 1

The marketing standard applicable to cultivated mushrooms falling within CN code 0709 51 00 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)

   for products graded in classes other than the ‘Extra’ class, slight deteriorations due to their development and their tendency to perish.