SOUND ( SUBJECT TO THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EACH CLASS ) ,
_ FREE FROM DAMAGE OR DETERIORATION CAUSED BY FROST ,
_ FREE OF FOREIGN TASTE OR SMELL ( 1 ) ,
_ CLEAN ( FREE FROM VISIBLE EXTRANEOUS MATTER ) ,
_ FREE OF ABNORMAL EXTERNAL MOISTURE .
( 1 ) UNLESS CAUSED BY A PRESERVING AGENT USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMUNITY PROVISIONS .
( II ) THE FRUIT MUST HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY HAND-PICKED AND HAVE REACHED A DEGREE OF APPROPRIATE RIPENESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CRITERIA PROPER TO THE VARIETY AND ZONE OF PRODUCTION . THE STATE OF THE FRUIT MUST BE SUCH AS TO ALLOW IT TO WITHSTAND APPROPRIATE TRANSPORT AND NORMAL HANDLING , AND TO MEET MARKET REQUIREMENTS AT ITS PLACE OF DESTINATION .
MOREOVER , COLOURING MUST BE SUCH THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRUIT WILL ALLOW IT TO REACH , AT ITS PLACE OF DESTINATION , THE NORMAL COLOURING FOR THE VARIETY ( SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS FOR EACH CATEGORY ) HAVING REGARD TO PICKING SEASON , THE DISTRICT IN WHICH IT IS GROWN AND TIME TAKEN IN TRANSPORT .
FRUIT MEETING THE CRITERIA OF RIPENESS DEFINED ABOVE MAY HAVE BEEN DE-GREENED . THIS TREATMENT IS PERMITTED ONLY IF OTHER NATURAL ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS ARE NOT MODIFIED .
SUCH TREATMENT MUST BE CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES OF EACH COUNTRY .
( III ) THE FRUIT MUST BE FREE FROM INCIPIENT INTERNAL SHRIVELLING CAUSED BY FROST AND FROM EXTENSIVE , HEALED-OVER CUTS .
C . MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT AND COLOURING ( MINIMUM CONTENT IN RELATION TO THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE FRUIT-EXTRACTION BY HAND PRESSING ) APPLICABLE TO ALL CATEGORIES .
LEMONS
_ MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT :
_ VERDELLI AND PRIMOFIORE LEMONS 20 %
_ OTHER LEMONS 25 %
_ COLOUR :
LEMONS MUST DISPLAY THE COLOUR TYPICAL OF THE VARIETY , FRUIT OF A LIGHT GREEN COLOURING , POSSESSING THE MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT , IS PERMITTED , HAVING REGARD TO THE TIME OF PICKING AND TO THE AREAS IN WHICH IT IS GROWN . VERDELLI LEMONS MAY HAVE A GREEN COLOURING PROVIDED THIS IS NOT DARK GREEN .
CLEMENTINES , MONREALS AND SATSUMAS
_ MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT :
_ MONREALS AND SATSUMAS 33 %
_ CLEMENTINES 40 %
_ COLOUR :
THE FRUIT MUST DISPLAY ITS TYPICAL COLOUR OVER AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF ITS SURFACE .
WILKINGS , TANGERINES , OTHER MANDARINS AND HYBRIDS
_ MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT 33 %
_ COLOUR :
THE FRUIT MUST DISPLAY ITS TYPICAL COLOUR OVER AT LEAST TWO THIRDS OF ITS SURFACE .
ORANGES
_ MINIMUM JUICE CONTENT :
_ THOMSON NAVELS AND TAROCCO 30 %
_ WASHINGTON NAVELS 33 %
_ OTHER VARIETIES 35 %
_ COLOUR :
THE FRUIT MUST DISPLAY THE COLOURING TYPICAL OF THE VARIETY : A LIGHT GREEN COLOUR TOLERANCE , WHICH MUST NOT EXCEED ONE FIFTH OF THE TOTAL SURFACE AREA OF THE FRUIT , SHALL BE PERMITTED