The purpose of this Communiqué is to determine the characteristics of fruit juice and similar products in order to ensure that they are produced, prepared, processed, preserved, stored, transported and marketed in accordance with their specific techniques and under hygienic conditions. This Communiqué covers fruit juice, fruit juice with reduced naturally occurring sugars, fruit juice produced from concentrate, fruit juice produced from concentrate with reduced naturally occurring sugars, fruit juice concentrate, fruit juice concentrate with reduced naturally occurring sugars, fruit juice extracted with water, fruit juice powder, fruit nectar, fruit purée and fruit purée concentrate.