
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 2257/94 is amended as follows:

1.. Annex I is amended as follows:

((a)) Point I is replaced by the following:
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I. 
This standard applies to bananas of the varieties (cultivars) of Musa (AAA) spp., Cavendish and Gros Michel subgroups, as well as hybrids, referred to in Annex II, for supply fresh to the consumer after preparation and packaging. Plantains, bananas intended for industrial processing and fig bananas are not covered.
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((b)) In point III the fourth paragraph is replaced by the following:
'As an exception to the third paragraph, bananas produced in Madeira, the Azores, the Algarve, Crete, Lakonia and Cyprus which are less than 14 cm in length may be marketed in the Community but must be classified in Class II.'
((c)) In point V, point C, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
'The bananas must be presented in hands or clusters (parts of hands) of at least four fingers. Bananas may also be presented as single fingers.'
2.. In Annex II, Group AAA, the following row is inserted after the sub-group Gros Michel:

Group Sub-group Main cultivars(non-exhaustive list)
 ‘Hybrids Flhorban 920’
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 February 2006.
For the Commission
Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission