EU/969
WTO/TBT
CE Union européenne
  • 65 - Agriculture
2023-06-25
2023-04-27

Fruit and vegetables, processed fruit and vegetables, and Bananas

Draft Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for the fruit and vegetables sector, certain processed fruit and vegetable products and the bananas sector, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/1999 and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 543/2011 and (EU) No 1333/2011; (93 page(s), in English), (15 page(s), in English)

The draft delegated act supplements Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 by merging and amending rules on marketing standards currently contained in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/1999, by aligning these rules to market development and to the Farm to Fork Strategy. It repeals Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1333/2011 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/1999.

This draft delegated act aligns market development with the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy, regarding in particular increased information for consumers and reduction of food waste.

It modernises and simplifies the rules by merging fruit and vegetables legislation with banana and dried grapes legislation, and deleting obsolete provisions. Some amendments align with recent changes in quality standards adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).