anas . ▁ ▁However , ▁a ▁proposal ▁b anning ▁straight ▁ban anas ▁and ▁other ▁miss h ap en ▁f ruits ▁was ▁brought ▁before ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁defeated . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 9 ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁European ▁Commission ▁held ▁a ▁pre lim inary ▁vote ▁towards ▁repe aling ▁certain ▁reg ulations ▁rel ating ▁to ▁other ▁fruit ▁and ▁veget ables ▁( but ▁not ▁ban anas ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Commission ' s ▁press ▁release , ▁" In ▁this ▁era ▁of ▁high ▁prices ▁and ▁growing ▁demand , ▁it ▁makes ▁no ▁sense ▁to ▁throw ▁these ▁products ▁away ▁or ▁destroy ▁them ▁[...] ▁It ▁shouldn ' t ▁be ▁the ▁EU ' s ▁job ▁to ▁reg ulate ▁these ▁things . ▁It ▁is ▁far ▁better ▁to ▁leave ▁it ▁to ▁market ▁operators ." ▁Some ▁Eu ros cept ic ▁sources ▁have ▁claimed ▁this ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁ad mission ▁that ▁the ▁original ▁reg ulations ▁did ▁indeed ▁ban ▁unders ized ▁or ▁miss h ap en ▁fruit ▁and ▁veget ables . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁a ▁BBC ▁article ▁stated ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁EU ▁shape ▁standard isation ▁reg ulations ▁in ▁force ▁on ▁" app les , ▁cit rus ▁fruit , ▁ki wi ▁fruit , ▁lett u ces , ▁pe aches ▁and ▁ne ct ar ines , ▁p ears , ▁st raw ber ries , ▁sweet ▁pe ppers , ▁table ▁g rap es ▁and ▁tom atoes ", ▁and ▁" Mark eting ▁standards ▁for ▁ 2 6 ▁types