1.The requirements of [F1Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013] shall be the general marketing standard. The details of the general marketing standard are set out in Part A of Annex I to this Regulation.
Fruit and vegetables not covered by a specific marketing standard shall conform to the general marketing standard. However, where the holder is able to show that the products are in conformity with any applicable standards adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), they shall be considered as conforming to the general marketing standard.
2.The specific marketing standards F2... are set out in Part B of Annex I to this Regulation as regards the following products:
(a)apples,
(b)citrus fruit,
(c)kiwifruit,
(d)lettuces, curled leaved and broad-leaved endives,
(e)peaches and nectarines,
(f)pears,
(g)strawberries,
(h)sweet peppers,
(i)table grapes,
(j)tomatoes.
3.For the purposes of [F3Article 76(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013], ‘holder’ means any natural or legal person who is in physical possession of the products concerned.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 3(2) omitted (E.) (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1150), regs. 1(2), 7(2); omitted (W.) (14.12.2022) by virtue of The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1215), regs. 1(2), 4(2); and omitted (S.) (2.2.2023) by virtue of The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Act 2020 (Consequential Modifications) and Agricultural Products, Aquatic Animal Health and Genetically Modified Organisms (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/361), regs. 1, 5(2)
F3Words in Art. 3(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)