8Article 75 of that regulation states:1.Marketing standards may apply to one or more of the following sectors and products:(a) olive oil and table olives;(b) fruit and vegetables;(c) processed fruit and vegetable products;(d) bananas;(e) live plants;(f) eggs;(g) poultrymeat;(h) spreadable fats intended for human consumption;…3.Without prejudice to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council [of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ 2011 L 304, p. 18)], the marketing standards referred to in paragraph 1 may cover one or more of the following, to be determined on a sectoral or product basis and based on the characteristics of each sector, the need to regulate the placing on the market and the conditions defined in paragraph 5 of this Article:(a) the technical definitions, designation and sales descriptions for sectors other than those set out in Article 78;(b) classification criteria such as grading into classes, weight, sizing, age and category;(c) the species, plant variety or animal race or the commercial type;(d) the presentation, labelling linked to obligatory marketing standards, packaging, rules to be applied in relation to packing centres, marking, year of harvesting and use of specific terms, without prejudice to Articles 92 to 123;(e) criteria such as appearance, consistency, conformation, product characteristics and the percentage of water content;(f) specific substances used in production, or components or constituents, including their quantitative content, purity and identification;(g) the type of farming and production method including oenological practices and advanced systems of sustainable production;(h) coupage of must and wine including definitions thereof, blending and restrictions thereof;(i) the frequency of collection, delivery, preservation and handling, the conservation method and temperature, storage and transport;(j) the place of farming and/or origin, excluding poultrymeat and spreadable fats;(k) restrictions as regards the use of certain substances and practices;(l) specific use;(m) the conditions governing the disposal, the holding, circulation and use of products not in conformity with the marketing standards adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 or with the definitions, designations and sales descriptions as referred to in Article 78, as well as the disposal of by-products.…5.The marketing standards by sectors or products adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall be established without prejudice to Articles 84 to 88 and Annex IX and shall take into account:(a) the specific characteristics of the product concerned;(b) the need to ensure the conditions to facilitate the placing of the products on the market;(c) the interest of producers to communicate the product and farming characteristics, and the interest of consumers to receive adequate and transparent product information, including the place of farming to be determined on a case-by-case basis at the appropriate geographical level, after conducting an evaluation, in particular, of the costs and administrative burdens for operators and the benefits offered to producers and the end consumer;(d) the methods available for determining physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of the products;(e) the standard recommendations adopted by international bodies;(f) the need to preserve the natural and essential characteristics of products and to avoid causing a substantial change in the composition of the product concerned.…’
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