# 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, Article 1: Scope and use of terms

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

1. This Regulation lays down implementing rules for Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors.
However, Titles II and III of this Regulation shall only apply in respect of products of the fruit and vegetables sector as referred to in Article 1(2)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and of such products intended solely for processing.
2. Terms used in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall have the same meaning when used in this Regulation unless this Regulation provides otherwise.
(3.) In this Regulation, ‘third country’ means any country or territory other than:
a) the United Kingdom;
b) the Bailiwick of Jersey;
c) the Bailiwick of Guernsey;
d) the Isle of Man.
(4.) In this Regulation, ‘constituent nation’ means England, Wales or Scotland, as the case may be.
(5.) For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘appropriate authority’ means:
a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;
(6.) But the appropriate authority is the Secretary of State:
a) in relation to Scotland, if consent is given by the Scottish Ministers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2011/543/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2011-543/article-1
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