{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-2/division-V/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-2/division-V/division-B.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/2/division/V/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Packaging",
  "text": "The citrus fruit must be packed in such a way as to protect the produce properly.\nThe materials used inside the package must be clean and of a quality such as to avoid causing any external or internal damage to the produce. The use of materials, particularly of paper or stamps bearing trade specifications is allowed provided the printing or labelling has been done with non-toxic ink or glue.\nStickers individually affixed on the produce shall be such that, when removed, they neither leave visible traces of glue, nor lead to skin defects. Information lasered on single fruit should not lead to flesh or skin defects.\nIf the fruit is wrapped, thin, dry, new and odourless paper must be used.\nThe use of any substance tending to modify the natural characteristics of the citrus fruit, especially its taste or smell, is prohibited.\nPackages must be free of all foreign matter. However, a presentation where a short (not wooden) twig with some green leaves adheres to the fruit is allowed.",
  "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": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "The use of preserving agents or any other chemical substance liable to leave a foreign smell on the skin of the fruit is permitted where it is compatible with the applicable [legislation]. [Editorial note: Word in Annex 1 footnote substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(42)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)]"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The use of preserving agents or any other chemical substance liable to leave a foreign smell on the skin of the fruit is permitted where it is compatible with the applicable [legislation]. [Editorial note: Word in Annex 1 footnote substituted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(42)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)]"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/annex/I/part/B/part/2/division/V/division/B",
    "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."
}