{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/article-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308/article-73.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/1308",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1308",
  "path": "article/73",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "Without prejudice to any other provisions applicable to agricultural products, as well as to the provisions adopted in the veterinary, phytosanitary and food sectors to ensure that products comply with hygiene and health standards and to protect animal, plant and human health, this Section lays down the rules concerning marketing standards. Those rules shall be divided between obligatory rules and optional reserved terms for agricultural products.\nReferences in this Section to marketing standards, as they apply in relation to products marketed in Scotland, include standards set in regulations under section 9 of the Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020.\nReferences in this Section to marketing standards as they apply in relation to products marketed in England, include standards set in regulations under section 37(1) of the Agriculture Act 2020.\nReferences in this Section to marketing standards as they apply in relation to products marketed in Wales, include standards set in regulations under section 34(1) of the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 73 inserted (S.) (1.1.2021) by Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 17), s. 26(2), sch. para. 1(5) (with s. 25, sch. para. 2); S.S.I. 2020/373, reg. 2(2)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 73 inserted (30.11.2022) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(2)(d), Sch. 7 para. 7 (with Sch. 7 para. 17); S.I. 2022/1255, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 73 inserted (13.12.2022) by Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21), s. 57(3)(c), Sch. 7 para. 22 (with Sch. 7 para. 32); S.I. 2022/1204, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 73 substituted (17.10.2023) by Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 4), s. 56(4), Sch. 3 para. 4 (with Sch. 3 para. 17); S.I. 2023/1092, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Title 2 Ch. 1 Section 1 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.10.2023) by The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/959), regs. 1(2), 4(a), Sch. 1 (with regs. 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2020/21",
      "affecting_title": "Agriculture Act 2020"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1308/article/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:06.542387+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."
}