Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2430 laying down rules concerning checks on conformity to marketing standards for the fruit and vegetables sector, certain processed fruit and vegetable products and the bananas sector.

This Regulation lays down rules on checks on conformity to marketing standards for the sectors and products referred to in Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 at all marketing stages; and the requirements for notifications of non-conformity following conformity checks. It requires each Member State to designate a single competent inspection authority responsible for carrying out conformity checks at each stage of marketing and for contacts with and coordination between all designated inspection bodies. Article 3 sets out conditions for the establishment of a database on traders in the sectors and products referred to in Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429.
Furthermore, this Regulation lays down provisions on authorization of traders classified in the lowest risk category in accordance with the conformity checks; criteria for risk assessment; conditions for the acceptance of export declarations and/or declarations for the release into free circulation for the products subject to specific marketing standards; certificates of conformity for fresh fruit and vegetables or bananas subject to marketing standards; approval of conformity checks carried out by third countries prior to import into the Union; methods of inspection and rules on findings of non-conformity; and obligation of notification where a consignment from another Member State is found not to conform with the marketing standards.