# 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, Division B: Maturity requirements

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The citrus fruit must have reached an appropriate degree of development and ripeness, account being taken of criteria proper to the variety, the time of picking and the growing area.
Maturity of citrus fruit is defined by the following parameters specified for each species below:
minimum juice content,
minimum sugar/acid ratio,
colouring.
The degree of colouring shall be such that following normal development the citrus fruit reach the colour typical of the variety at their destination point.
For the varieties Mandora and Minneola the minimum sugar/acid ratio is 6,0:1 until the end of the marketing year commencing 1 January 2023.
Minimum juice content (per cent)
Minimum sugar/acid ratio
Colouring
Lemons
20
Must be typical of the variety. Fruit with a green (but not dark green) colour is allowed, provided it satisfies the minimum requirements as to juice content
Satsumas, clementines, other mandarin varieties and their hybrids
Satsumas
33
6,5:1
Must be typical of the variety on at least one third of the surface of the fruit
Clementines
40
7,0:1
Other mandarin varieties and their hybrids
33
7,5:1
Oranges
Blood oranges
30
6,5:1
Must be typical of the variety. However, fruit with light green colour not exceeding one fifth of the total surface area of the fruit is allowed, provided it satisfies the minimum requirements as to juice content.
Oranges produced in areas with high temperatures and high relative humidity conditions during the developing period having a green colour exceeding one fifth of the surface area of the fruit are allowed, provided they satisfy the minimum requirements as to juice content.
Navels group
33
6,5:1
Other varieties
35
6,5:1
Mosambi, Sathgudi and Pacitan with more than one fifth green colour
33
Other varieties with more than one fifth green colour
45
Citrus fruit meeting these maturity requirements may be ‘degreened’. This treatment is only permitted if the other natural organoleptic characteristics are not modified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/annex/I/part/B/part/2/division/II/division/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-2/division-II/division-B
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