The production and marketing of fruit and vegetables should fully take into account environmental concerns, including cultivation practices, management of waste materials and disposal of products withdrawn from the market, in particular as regards protection of water quality, maintenance of biodiversity and the upkeep of the countryside.
Agus torthaí agus glasraí á dtáirgeadh agus á margú, ba cheart saincheisteanna comhshaoil a chur san áireamh ina n-iomláine, lena n-áirítear cleachtais saothraithe, bainistiú ábhar dramhaíola agus diúscairt táirgí a tharraingítear siar ón margadh, go háirithe maidir le cosaint cháilíocht an uisce agus cothabháil na bithéagsúlachta agus na tuaithe.