{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-1/division-II/division-C/division-iii",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-1/division-II/division-C/division-iii.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/B/part/1/division/II/division/C/division/iii",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(iii)",
  "heading": "Class II",
  "text": "This class includes apples which do not qualify for inclusion in the higher classes but satisfy the minimum requirements specified above.\nThe flesh must be free from major defects.\nThe following defects may be allowed, provided the apples retain their essential characteristics as regards the quality, the keeping quality and presentation:\ndefects in shape,\ndefects in development,\ndefects in colouring,\nslight bruising not exceeding 1,5 cm 2 in area which may be slightly discoloured,\nskin defects which must not extend over more than:\n4 cm in length for defects of elongated shape,\n2,5 cm 2 of total surface area for other defects, with the exception of scab ( Venturia inaequalis ), which must not extend over more than 1 cm 2 , cumulative, in area;\nslight russeting such as\nbrown patches that may go beyond the stem or pistil cavities and may be slightly rough and/or\nthin net-like russeting not exceeding 1/2 of the total fruit surface and not contrasting strongly with the general colouring of the fruit and/or\ndense russeting not exceeding 1/3 of the total fruit surface, while\nthin net-like russeting and dense russeting taken together may not exceed a maximum of 1/2 of the total surface of the fruit.",
  "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Varieties marked with ‘ R ’ in the appendix to this standard are exempt from the provisions on russeting."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/annex/I/part/B/part/1/division/II/division/C/division/iii",
    "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."
}