EU: Marketing Standards Published in Official Gazette
On November 3, 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 of 17 August 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards marketing standards for the fruit and vegetables sector, certain processed fruit and vegetable products and the bananas sector. This regulation will apply as of January 1, 2025.
New requirements under this regulation include the extension of origin labeling to some products that used to be exempted. Dried fruits of CN code ex 0813 (as defined in Part X of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013), dried figs of CN code 0804 20 90 and dried grapes of CN code 0806 20 will be required to carry an indication of the country of origin. When the country of the packer and/or the dispatcher is indicated or when the indicated variety evokes a location, the text indicating the country of origin must be larger and more visible than those used for the country of the packer and/or the dispatcher and the variety.
Products not required to conform to the marketing standard, except regarding the indication of the country of origin as referred to in Article 76(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, include the following: bitter almonds of CN code 0802 11 10, shelled almonds of CN code 0802 12, shelled hazelnuts of CN code 0802 22, shelled walnuts of CN code 0802 32, shelled pistachios of CN code 0802 52, shelled macadamias of CN code 0802 62, shelled pine nuts of CN code 0802 92, pecans of CN code 0802 99 10, mixtures of tropical nuts of CN code 0813 50 31 and mixtures of other nuts of CN code 0813 50 39.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2430, also published in the Official Journal of the European Union on November 3, 2023, sets out the rules concerning checks on conformity to marketing standards. This regulation will also apply as of January 1, 2025.