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Explanatory note

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These Regulations implement Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 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 (OJ No L 157, 15.6.2011, p.1) in England and partially implement that EU Regulation for the rest of the United Kingdom.

The EU Regulation consolidates Regulation (EC) No 1580/2007 (OJ No L 350, 31.12.2007, p.1) and its amendments, and these Regulations amend the Marketing of Fresh Horticultural Produce Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1361) to update the necessary references. They also insert a provision into those Regulations requiring the Secretary of State to review them as they apply in England at least every five years.

An impact assessment for this instrument has not been produced as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.