{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-A/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-A/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2011/543",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543",
  "path": "annex/I/part/A/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Minimum requirements",
  "text": "Subject to the tolerances allowed, the products shall be:\nintact,\nsound; products affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make them unfit for consumption are excluded,\nclean, practically free of any visible foreign matter,\npractically free from pests,\nfree from damage caused by pests affecting the flesh,\nfree of abnormal external moisture,\nfree of any foreign smell and/or taste.\nThe condition of the products must be such as to enable them:\nto withstand transportation and handling,\nto arrive in satisfactory condition at the place of destination.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/428 of 12 July 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sector."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/annex/I/part/A/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:06.655648+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."
}