28. 7. 89 Official Journal of the Europgan Communities No L 218/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 22%94/89 of 27 July 1989 on minimum prices payable to producers and amounts of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetables eligible for production aid THE COMMISSION -OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Tre;ty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 26 February on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation- (EEC) No 1125/89 (3, and .in particular Article 6 (4) thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 () establishes a classification of dried figs by category and” quality ; whereas the minimum- price. to be paid to' the producer and the production aid are worked out using coefficients applicable in accordance with the said classifi- cation -which are given in Annex I to the amended Regulation'; whereas part II of Annex I must be altered to take actount of the qualities of fig pastes actually processed ; Whereas Annexes II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 set out the qualities that dried figs must show after processing; whereas one of the. differentiating criteria is the number of fruit per kilogram ; whereas the fig varieties grown in Spain and Portugal have smaller fruit and hence more per kilogram ; whereas these figs are therefore always classed in the lower categories because of their size although their organoleptic characteristics, presentation and cleanness are those of the superior qualities ; whereas the classification ‘should therefore be adjusted to -take account of their actual quality characte- ristics, of marketing practices and of conisumer habits; whereas Annexes II and III to Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 should .be amended accordingly; ' Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED ,THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1709/84 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The table in:Part II of Annex I is replaced by the following : . ‘Presentation Of a net weight of 1 kilogram or less . Round Other String fi . Category an d-glayegn-s . P;:):gl;:n Loose Figpaste : A 1,3712 1,2536 1,20 1,2536 ) 1,0186 B 1,2569 1,1492 - 1,10 1,1492 0,9337 - C 1,1426 1,0447 1,00 —_ 0,8488 D 1,0284 : 0,9402 0,90 — 0,7639’ 2. In Annex II under the heading ‘A. Classification and requirements’ the following amendments are made : Category Small fruit Other - . i . . varieties varieties (1) the fourth' indent in ‘point (i) is deleted; B (2) the fourth indent in point (ii) is.deleted; . (3) the fourth indent in point (iii) is deleted ;. up to 74 up to 64 4) the following is added after point (iv): . B [75to 84 65 to 74 ( g is P ‘A. (a) Size C 85 to-110 75 to 94 The following size requirements (number of D. | more than 110 .more than 94 fruit per kilogram) shall apply for each ' category : () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 29. () OJ No L 162, 20. 6. 1984, p. 8. Size shall be assessed using a representative sample of the entire consignment selected at random’.