Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2184 of 10 September 2025 amending Delegated Regulations (EU) 2016/232 and (EU) 2017/891 as regards certain rules on producer organisations, notification obligations of producer prices and implementation of certain import mechanisms in the fruit and vegetables sector

In Article 5(2a) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/232, the following second subparagraph is added: ‘In the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors, the information notified shall also include the economic area or areas in which the extension of rules apply.’

‘2 Member States shall recognise producer organisations in respect of a product or group of products solely intended for processing where the producer organisations are able to ensure that such products are either processed by themselves, by a subsidiary or are delivered for processing through a system of supply contracts.’

‘1 For the purposes of determining the size of the producer organisation in accordance with Article 154(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, the value or volume of marketable production shall be calculated on the same basis as the value of marketed production set out in Articles 30 and 31 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126.

‘2 A producer organisation may sell products of producers that are not members of the producer organisation or of an association of producer organisations, where it is recognised in respect of those products and provided that the economic value of that activity is below the value of its marketed production calculated in accordance with Article 31 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126. However, in case the value of marketed production of a producer organisation decreases by 35 % or more for a given year in relation to the average of the three previous 12-month reference periods due to natural disasters, climatic events, plant diseases or pest infestations falling outside the responsibility and control of the producer organisation, the value of marketed production shall be deemed to represent 85 % of the average value of marketed production in the three previous 12-month reference periods, for the purpose of establishing the economic value of the activity referred to in the first subparagraph. The producer organisation affected by the events referred to in the second subparagraph and involved in selling products of producers that are not its members, shall prove to the competent authority of the Member State concerned that the decrease in the value of marketed production fell outside its responsibility and control.’

1 Member States shall notify the Commission, by 12.00 hours (Brussels time) each Wednesday, of the producer prices recorded in representative markets of the production areas of the fruit and vegetables concerned during the previous week, where data are available, as follows: (a) for fruit and vegetables covered by the general marketing standard set out in Part A of Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429, the price of products meeting that standard; (b) for products covered by a specific marketing standard set out in Part B of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429, the price of products of class I. Member States shall only notify prices of fruit and vegetables produced within their territory. The prices shall cover conventional, non-organic fruit and vegetables intended for the fresh market.

2 Regarding the requirement referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall notify the weighted average price for each product, their types, varieties and sizes or packaging presentations referred to in Annex VI to this Regulation, if applicable. Additionally, for prices reported by type, variety and, where applicable, size and packaging presentations, a national weighted average price per product, except for tomatoes, shall also be notified. Where recorded prices concern other types, varieties, sizes or packaging presentations than those specified in Annex VI, Member States shall notify the Commission of the types, varieties, sizes and presentations of the products concerned.

3 The notified prices shall be ex-packaging station, sorted, packaged and, where applicable, on pallets, expressed in euro per 100 kilograms net weight.

4 Member States may notify the price as specified in paragraph 2 of other fruit and vegetables and their varieties not mentioned in Annex VI on a voluntary basis.

5 Member States shall notify the Commission, within six months after the date of the notification, of the methodology used to establish the prices referred to in paragraph 2, including the representative markets and their weights, as well as any modification thereof.

1 For each product and for the periods set out in Part A of Annex VII, for each market week and origin, Member States shall notify the Commission, by 18:00 (Brussels times) each Monday of the quantity and weighted average representative price of the imported products sold in the Member States during the previous market week. For the products for which the period of application referred to in Part A of Annex VII does not cover the entire year, the first market week for which the prices shall be notified is the second week before the beginning of the period of application. For those products, the last market week whose prices shall be notified is the week preceding the end date of the period of application.

2 The price referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, shall be recorded for all the available varieties and sizes, at the importer or wholesaler stage for each import market or, where no prices at that stage are available, the wholesaler or retailer stage. It shall be recorded for each import market that Member States consider representative, and which shall include at least Milan, Perpignan and Rungis or, where no import markets are defined by the Member States, the weighted average representative price shall be recorded at national level. Where the weighted average representative price is established at the wholesaler or retailer stage, it shall be reduced by: (a) 9 % to take into account the wholesaler’s trade margin; and (b) EUR 0,7245 per 100 kilograms in respect of the costs of handling and market taxes and charges.

3 The weighted average representative prices shall be reduced by the following amounts: (a) a marketing margin of 15 % for the marketing centres Milan and Rungis and of 8 % for other marketing centres; and (b) the costs of transport and insurance within the customs territory of the Union.

4 For the costs of transport and insurance to be deducted pursuant to paragraph 3, point (b), Member States may fix standard amounts for deduction. Such standard amounts and the methods for calculating them, as well as possible modification thereof, shall be notified to the Commission immediately.

5 For products listed in Part A of Annex VII covered by a specific marketing standard, the representative prices shall be the weighted average of Class I and Class II of each product concerned, unless products in one class account for at least 90 % of the total quantities marketed, in which case only the quotations for that class shall be taken into account. For products listed in Part A of Annex VII that are not covered by a specific marketing standard, product prices complying with the general marketing standard shall be deemed to be representative.

6 Where the quantity referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, for a product is less than 10 tonnes in a market week, the corresponding weighted average representative price shall not be notified to the Commission. The threshold of 10 tonnes shall be intended as the cumulative volume over the market week. If the market week has less than five working days, Member States shall apply a proportional reduction of 2 tonnes per non-working day to that threshold.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.