PROVISIONS CONCERNING MARKING

·       EACH PACKAGE2 MUST BEAR THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS, IN LETTERS GROUPED ON THE SAME SIDE, LEGIBLY AND INDELIBLY MARKED, AND VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE:

o   FOR ONIONS TRANSPORTED IN BULK (DIRECT LOADING INTO A TRANSPORT VEHICLE) THESE PARTICULARS MUST APPEAR ON A DOCUMENT ACCOMPANYING THE GOODS, AND ATTACHED IN A VISIBLE POSITION INSIDE THE TRANSPORT VEHICLE.

o   IN THE CASE OF PACKED PRODUCE, ALL PARTICULARS MUST BE GROUPED ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PACKAGE, EITHER ON A LABEL ATTACHED TO OR PRINTED ON THE PACKAGE, WITH WATER–INSOLUBLE INK.

o   IN THE CASE OF REUSED PACKAGES, ALL PREVIOUS LABELS MUST BE CAREFULLY REMOVED AND/OR PREVIOUS INDICATIONS DELETED.

·       NAME OF ILLUSTRATION ONIONS 

o   LABELLING

·       IDENTIFICATION3

o   PACKER AND/OR DISPATCHER } NAME AND PHYSICAL ADDRESS (E.G. STREET/CITY/REGION/POSTAL CODE AND, IF DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THE COUNTRY)OR A CODE MARK OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY.

o   FOR INSPECTION PURPOSES, THE “PACKER” IS THE PERSON OR FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PACKAGING OF THE PRODUCE (THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE STAFF THAT ACTUALLY CARRY OUT THE WORK, WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE ONLY TO THEIR EMPLOYER). THE CODE MARK IS NOT A TRADEMARK, BUT AN OFFICIAL CONTROL SYSTEM ENABLING THE PERSON OR FIRM RESPONSIBLE FOR PACKAGING TO BE READILY IDENTIFIED. THE DISPATCHER (SHIPPER OR EXPORTER) MAY ASSUME SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, IN WHICH CASE IDENTIFICATION OF THE “PACKER” AS DEFINED ABOVE IS OPTIONAL.

·       NATURE OF PRODUCE

o   “ONIONS” IF THE CONTENTS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE;

o   “MIXTURE OF ONIONS”, OR EQUIVALENT DENOMINATION, IN THE CASE OF A MIXTURE OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL TYPES AND/OR COLOURS OF ONIONS. IF THE PRODUCE IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE COMMERCIAL TYPES AND/OR COLOURS AND THE QUANTITY OF EACH IN THE PACKAGE MUST BE INDICATED.

·       ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCE

o   COUNTRY OF ORIGIN4 AND, OPTIONALLY, DISTRICT WHERE GROWN, OR NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL PLACE NAME.

o   IN THE CASE OF A MIXTURE OF DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL TYPES AND/ OR COLOURS OF ONIONS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS, THE INDICATION OF EACH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN SHALL APPEAR NEXT TO THE NAME OF THE COMMERCIAL TYPE AND/ OR COLOUR CONCERNED.

o   MARKING MUST INCLUDE THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, I.E. THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE ONIONS WERE GROWN (E.G. HUNGARY). OPTIONALLY, DISTRICT OF ORIGIN IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL TERMS MAY ALSO BE SHOWN.

·       COMMERCIAL SPECIFICATIONS

o   CLASS;

§  STATING THE CLASS IS COMPULSORY.

o   SIZE EXPRESSED BY MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DIAMETERS.

o   OFFICIAL CONTROL MARK (OPTIONAL)