Vegetables and fruit
Classification of vegetables and fruit
The fresh fruit and vegetables for which apply the quality standards of the European Union can not be sold unless they conform to them. From March 2000 came into force on the Legislative Decree. N. 57/2000 laying down sanctions for infringements of the rules on quality control. The rules relating to fruit and vegetables are either general, or specific to a single product (or product group).
Of the general ones, we mention the Reg. (EEC) 2251/92, relating to quality control, registration of fruit and vegetables traders in special registers, control exemption logo on the labels, AGEA notification of the information needed for the execution of compliance checks , etc.; Reg. (EC) 2200/96, "the common organization of the markets in fruit and vegetables"; the Decree. 165/99, AIMA on the suppression and the institution in its place AGEA.