{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-8/division-II/division-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/annex-I/part-B/part-8/division-II/division-A.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/8/division/II/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Minimum requirements",
  "text": "In all classes, subject to the special provisions for each class and the tolerances allowed, the sweet peppers must be:\nintact,\nsound; produce affected by rotting or deterioration such as to make it unfit for consumption is excluded,\nclean, practically free of any visible foreign matter,\nfresh in appearance,\nfirm,\npractically free from pests,\nfree from damage caused by pests affecting the flesh,\nfree of damage caused by low temperature or frost,\nwith peduncles attached; the peduncle must be neatly cut and the calyx be intact,\nfree of abnormal external moisture,\nfree of any foreign smell and/or taste.\nThe development and condition of the sweet peppers must be such as to enable them to:\nwithstand transport and handling, and\narrive 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/B/part/8/division/II/division/A",
    "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."
}