# The Quality Standards for Green Bananas (England and Wales) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

In these Regulations—
“authorised officer” means any person appointed by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 3(3);
“bananas” means bananas of the varieties detailed in point I of Annex I of the Commission Regulation;
“Commission Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 laying down marketing standards for bananas, rules on the verification of compliance with those marketing standards and requirements for notifications in the banana sector, as amended from time to time;
“container” includes any basket, tray, package or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;
“label” includes any device for conveying information by written characters or other symbols, and any characters or symbols stamped or otherwise placed directly on to any bananas or container of bananas, and references to the affixing of a label are to be construed accordingly;
“lot” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1.5 of Annex V of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 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;
“marketing standards” means any of the minimum requirements, classification, sizing, presentation and marking standards provided for in Article 1 and Annex I of the Commission Regulation, subject to the tolerances in paragraph IV of that Annex; and
“premises” includes any place, vehicle or trailer, stall, vessel, freight container, moveable structure, aircraft, or hovercraft.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/947/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/quality-standards-for-green-bananas-england-and-wales-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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