commiss regul ec decemb lai market standard applic leek commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard council regul ec octob common organis market fruit veget amend commiss regul ec articl thereof accord annex regul ec standard leek adopt commiss regul eec amend regul ec interest preserv transpar world market account standard leek recommend work parti standardis perish produc qualiti develop unit nation econom commiss europ ec addit desir higher toler class earli leek delet regul eec replac regul lai standard take fact account applic standard remov product unsatisfactori qualiti market bring product line consum requir facilit trade base fair competit help improv profit standard applic market stage long distanc transport storag period process product undergo degre deterior ow biolog develop product perish natur account deterior appli standard market stage dispatch measur provid regul accord opinion manag committe fresh fruit veget adopt regul articl market standard leek fall cn code set annex standard appli market stage condit laid regul ec stage dispatch product show relat requir standard slight lack fresh turgid slight deterior due develop perish natur articl regul eec repeal articl regul enter forc seventh dai public offici journal european commun appli march regul bind entireti directli applic member state brussel decemb commiss franz fischler member commiss oj oj oj oj annex standard leek definit produc standard appli leek varieti cultivar grown allium porrum suppli fresh consum leek industri process exclud ii provis qualiti purpos standard defin qualiti requir leek prepar packag minimum requir class subject special provis class toler allow leek intact requir appli root end leav cut sound produc affect rot deterior make unfit consumpt exclud clean practic free visibl foreign matter root soil adher fresh appear wilt wither leav remov practic free pest practic free damag caus pest run seed free abnorm extern moistur adequ quot dri quot wash free foreign smell tast leav cut neatli cut develop condit leek enabl withstand transport handl arriv satisfactori condit place destin classif leek classifi class defin class leek class good qualiti characterist varieti commerci type white greenish white part leek repres total length half sheath part earli leek white greenish white part repres quarter total length sheath part slight defect allow provid affect gener appear produc qualiti keep qualiti present packag slight superfici defect slight damag caus thrip leav slight trace soil shaft ii class ii class includ leek qualifi inclus class satisfi minimum requir white greenish white part leek repres quarter total length sheath part defect allow provid leek retain essenti characterist qualiti keep qualiti present tender flower stem provid enclos sheath part slight bruis damag caus thrip slight trace rust leav slight defect colour trace soil shaft iii provis size size determin diamet measur angel longitudin axi swell neck minimum diamet fix mm earli leek mm leek class diamet largest leek bundl packag diamet smallest leek iv provis toler toler respect qualiti size allow packag bundl leek present packag produc satisfi requir class qualiti toler class earli leek number weight leek show tender flower stem enclos sheath part leek satisfi requir class reason meet class ii exception come toler class leek number weight leek satisfi requir class meet class ii exception come toler class ii class ii number weight leek satisfi requir class minimum requir except produc affect rot mark bruis deterior render unfit consumpt size toler class number weight leek satisfi minimum diamet requir case class leek uniform requir provis present uniform content packag bundl packag uniform leek origin varieti commerci type qualiti size criterion uniform prescrib appreci degre develop colour visibl part content packag bundl repres entir content packag leek pack protect produc properli materi insid packag clean qualiti avoid caus extern intern damag produc materi paper stamp bear trade specif allow provid print label toxic ink glue packag bundl produc present packag free foreign matter present leek present arrang evenli packag bundl packag bundl packag practic uniform vi provis mark packag bundl present bulk bear particular letter group side produc present packag legibl indel mark visibl form identif packer dispatch address offici issu accept code mark case code refer quot packer dispatch equival abbrevi quot close proxim code mark natur produc quot leek quot content visibl quot earli leek quot origin produc countri origin option district grown nation region local place commerci specif class number bundl leek pack bundl present packag offici control mark option leek ship bulk load directli mean transport particular refer paragraph vi document accompani good shown notic obviou posit insid mean transport direct drill transplant leek harvest late winter earli summer