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Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 2

Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the… Article 2

Article 2

1.   A foodstuff may not be marketed unless it is accompanied by an indication as referred to in Article 1(1). 2.   Paragraph 1 shall not apply: (a) to agricultural products which, on leaving the holding, are: (i) sold or delivered to temporary storage, preparation or packaging stations; (ii) transported to producers’ organisations; or (iii) collected for immediate integration into an operational preparation or processing system; (b) when, at the point of sale to the ultimate consumer, the foodstuffs are not prepackaged, are packaged at the request of the purchaser or are prepackaged for immediate sale; (c) to packagings or containers the largest side of which has an area of less than 10 cm 2 ; (d) to individual portions of ice cream. The indication enabling the lot to be identified shall appear on the combined package.

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