TITLE IICLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTS

CHAPTER I General rules

F1Article 7Mixes

1.

The marketing of packages of a net weight of 5 kg or less containing mixes of different species of fruits, of vegetables or of fruits and vegetables shall be allowed, provided that:

(a)

the products are of uniform quality and each product concerned complies with the relevant specific marketing standard or, where no specific marketing standard exists for a particular product, the general marketing standard;

(b)

the package is appropriately labelled, in accordance with this Chapter; and

(c)

the mix is not such as to mislead the consumer.

2.

The requirements of paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to products included in a mix which are not products of the fruit and vegetables sector referred to in F2Article 1(2)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

3.

If the products in a mix originate in more than one F3... country, the full names of the countries of origin may be replaced with one of the following, as appropriate:

F4(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

‘mix of F5non-UK fruit’, ‘mix of F5non-UK vegetables’ or ‘mix of F5non-UK fruit and vegetables’;

(c)

‘mix of F6UK and F7non-UK fruit’, ‘mix of F6UK and F7non-UK vegetables’ or ‘mix of F6UK and F7non-UK fruit and vegetables’.

F84.

By way of derogation from paragraph 3, packages of fruit and vegetables in a mix originating in more than one country:

(b)

may be placed on the market until the end of the period F9beginning with 30 September 2022 and ending with 31 December 2023, and may remain on the market until stocks are exhausted, if:

(i)

the mix does not contain any fruit or vegetables originating in the United Kingdom, and the package is labelled in accordance with paragraph 3, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, or

(ii)

the mix contains fruit and vegetables originating in the United Kingdom and:

(aa)

does not contain any fruit or vegetables originating in the EU, and the package is labelled in accordance with paragraph 3(b), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, or

(bb)

also contains fruit and vegetables originating in the EU (whether or not it also contains fruit and vegetables from any other country), and the package is labelled in accordance with paragraph 3(c), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day.