This Palestinian Standard specifies the requirements for lemon and lime fruits of the species listed below:

• Lemons grown from the species Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f. and hybrids thereof.
• Persian limes grown from the species Citrus latifolia (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka, a large-fruited acid lime also known as Bearss or Tahiti, and hybrids thereof.
• Mexican limes grown from the species Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle, also known as sour limes or Key limes, and hybrids thereof.
• Indian sweet limes and Palestinian sweet limes grown from the species Citrus limettioides Tanaka and hybrids thereof.

These fruits are intended to be supplied fresh to the consumer after packaging, with lemons and limes intended for industrial processing being excluded.