Article 3
The defects shall be defined as follows: (a) for tomatoes, peaches and pears: - foreign matter: foreign matter is considered to be anything other than the fruit itself. Foreign matter includes above all plant debris (leaves, twigs, grass, etc.), mineral matter (earth, gravel, stones, etc.) and miscellaneous debris, - diseased, rotten or wormy fruit: fruit attacked by disease, insects or a rotting agent over an area more than 30 mm in diameter, extending into the fruit; (b) in the case of tomatoes alone: - green tomatoes: healthy fruit which have not reached maturity and are completely green on the outside. The colour inside the fruit is not taken into account; (c) in the case of peaches and pears alone: - sizing defects: minimum size is 55 mm, - ripeness: underripe or overripe fruits are defective. The degree of ripeness is measured and compared to a scale of limit values fixed by the contracting parties, - hail damage penetrating the skin, covering more than 20 % of the surface of the fruit; (d) in the case of peaches alone: - visible split pits: a pit whose two halves have separated is visible between the peach halves at the stem end.