Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011Show full title

[F1 Article 7 U.K. Mixes

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 [F2 Article 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 [F5 non-UK] fruit’, ‘mix of [F5 non-UK] vegetables’ or ‘mix of [F5 non-UK] fruit and vegetables’;

(c) ‘mix of [F6 UK] and [F7 non-UK] fruit’, ‘mix of [F6 UK] and [F7 non-UK] vegetables’ or ‘mix of [F6 UK] and [F7 non-UK] fruit and vegetables’.]

[F8 4. 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 [F9 beginning 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/428 of 12 July 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sector.

F2 Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(15); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 7(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(16)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Art. 7(3)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(16)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in Art. 7(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(16)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Word in Art. 7(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(16)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Word in Art. 7(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(16)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Art. 7(4) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures (Marketing Standards) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/822), regs. 1, 8(17) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1453, regs. 1(2)(b), 10(9)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Words in Art. 7(4)(b) substituted (E.) (30.9.2022) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/938), regs. 1(1), 13(2); substituted (W.) by The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/939), regs. 1(2), 13(2); and substituted (S.) by The Food Information (Transitional Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/265), regs. 1(1), 4(2)