Commission Regulation (EC) No 1465/2003 of 19 August 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 laying down the marketing standard for onions
Date: 2003-08-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: bulb vegetable, marketing standard

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1465/2003

of 19 August 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 laying down the marketing standard for onions

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 47/2003 (2), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 46/2003 (4), laid down
in particular with
the marketing standard for onions,
regards to presentation and marking provisions.

Consumer packaging containing mixtures of onions of
different colours are becoming more common on the
market and enable demand from certain consumers to
be met.

Fair trading requires onions sold in the same package to
be of uniform quality. This makes it necessary for
mixtures of onions of different colours to be uniform in
quality, as well as, for each colour concerned, in origin,
variety and size when combined in sales packages. In

addition, for such sales packages,
it is appropriate to
indicate each of the colours that are present, as well as
the country of origin for each one of
the various
colours.

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 is amended
according to the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

into force on the 20th day
This Regulation shall enter
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 August 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 64.
(3) OJ L 200, 25.7.2001, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 7, 11.1.2003, p. 61.

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ANNEX

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1508/2001 is amended as follows:

1. In title V (Provisions concerning presentation), point A (Uniformity), the following second paragraph is inserted:

‘Sales packages, of a net weight not exceeding three kilograms, may however contain mixtures of onions of different
colours, provided they are uniform in quality, and, for each colour concerned, in origin, variety and size.’

2. In title VI (Provisions concerning marking), points B (Nature of produce) and C (Origin of produce) are replaced by

the following text:

‘B. Nature of produce

— “Onions” if the contents are not visible from the outside,

— In the case of sales packages containing a mixture of different colours of onions:

— “Mixed onions” or equivalent denomination,
— when the contents are not visible from the outside, the indication of each of the colours present in the

package, and, of the minimum number of pieces of each of the colours concerned.

C. Origin of produce

— Country of origin and, optionally, district where grown or national, regional or local place name,

— In the case of sales packages containing a mixture of onions of different colours of different origins, the indi-

cation of each country of origin shall appear next to the name of the colour concerned.’