Marketing of Bananas Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. No. 66 of 2019).

These Regulations provide for the enforcement in Northern Ireland of the EU banana quality standards as provided for in Article 113 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007. They designate the the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs as competent national authority and inspection body in Northern Ireland and provide for the Department to provide and request information and to appoint authorised officers. The Regulations make the failure to comply with the EU banana quality standards an offence. They also contain additional offences necessary for the effective enforcement of the EU banana quality standards and provide with respect to powers enforcement of authorised officers. Authorised officers may affix non-compliance labels indicating various types of non-conformity with EU marketing rules. These labels must contain the information set out in Schedule 2.