Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1890 of 2 August 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sector
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1890of 2 August 2021amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 as regards marketing standards in the fruit and vegetables sectorTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671., and in particular Article 75(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors (OJ L 157, 15.6.2011, p. 1). lays down detailed rules on marketing standards for fruit and vegetables.(2)From 2018 to 2020 the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) revised the UNECE standards for sweet peppers (2018 and 2020), table grapes (2019 and 2020), apples and pears (2020). In order to avoid unnecessary barriers to trade, the general and specific marketing standards for those fruits and vegetables provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should be aligned with the new UNECE standards.(3)Considering that those revised UNECE standards were successfully submitted to the approval of the Member States according to the procedure laid down in the Council Decision (EU) 2017/2104 of 6 November 2017 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the UNECE — Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (UNECE-WP.7)Council Decision (EU) 2017/2104 of 6 November 2017 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe — Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (UNECE-WP.7) concerning proposals on quality standards for fruit and vegetables (OJ L 303, 18.11.2017, p. 1)..(4)Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: