{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-1/division-III",
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  "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/III",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS CONCERNING SIZING",
  "text": "Size is determined either by the maximum diameter of the equatorial section or by weight.\nThe minimum size shall be 60 mm, if measured by diameter or 90 g, if measured by weight. Fruit of smaller sizes may be accepted, if the Brix level of the produce is equal to or greater than to 10,5° Brix and the size is not smaller than 50 mm or 70 g.\nTo ensure the uniformity in size, the range in size between produce in the same package shall not exceed:\n(a)for fruit sized by diameter:\n5 mm for ‘Extra’ Class fruit and for Classes I and II fruit packed in rows and layers. However, for apples of the varieties Bramley's Seedling (Bramley, Triomphe de Kiel) and Horneburger, the difference in diameter may amount to 10 mm, and\n10 mm for Class I fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package. However, for apples of the varieties Bramley's Seedling (Bramley, Triomphe de Kiel) and Horneburger, the difference in diameter may amount to 20 mm.\n(b)for fruit sized by weight:\nFor ‘Extra’ Class and Classes I and II apples packed in rows and layers:\nRange (g)\nWeight difference (g)\n70-90\n15 g\n91-135\n20 g\n136-200\n30 g\n201-300\n40 g\n> 300\n50 g\nFor Class I fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package:\nRange (g)\nUniformity (g)\n70-135\n35\n136-300\n70\n> 300\n100\nThere is no sizing uniformity requirement for Class II fruit packed in sales packages or loose in the package.\nVarieties of miniature apples, marked with an ‘M’ in the appendix to this standard, are exempted from the sizing provisions. Those miniature varieties must have a minimum Brix level of 12°.",
  "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": "Calculated as described in the OECD guidance on objective tests, available at: http://www.oecd.org/agriculture/fruit-vegetables/publications."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Calculated as described in the OECD guidance on objective tests, available at: http://www.oecd.org/agriculture/fruit-vegetables/publications."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/annex/I/part/B/part/1/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."
}