29.7. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 220/51 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2319/89 of 28 July 1989 on minimum quality requirements for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and in natural fruit juice eligible for the production aid scheme - THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 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 Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 established a production aid scheme for certain products listed in Annex I, Part A, thereto ; whereas Article 6 (1) (b) specifies that aid is to be granted only for products which meet minimum quality requirements to be laid down; Whereas the aim of such minimum quality requirements is.to avoid production of products for which there is no demand or products which would create distortion of the market ; whereas the requirements must be based on traditional fair manufacturing procedures ; Whereas Commission -Regulation (EEC) No 1289/85 (%) laid down minimum quality standards for Williams pears in syrup ; whereas the provisions laid down therein should be adapted to take account of the extension of the aid scheme to pears of the Rocha variety and to Williams and Rocha pears preserved in natural fruit juice as provided for in the abovementioned Council Regulation (EEC) No 1125/89 ; whereas, for the sake of clarity, the minimum quality requirements thus adapted should be set out in'a new text; Whereas the quality. requirements laid down in this Regulation constitute additional ' rules - of application further to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84 of S June 1984 laying down detailed rules for the application- of the system of ‘production- aid for products processed from fruit and vegetables (¥, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2260/89 () ;. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance -with. the opinion of the Management () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 29. ¢) OJ No L 133, 22. 5. 1985, p. S. () OF No L 152, 8. 6. 1984, p. 16. () OJ No L 216, 27. 7. 1989, p. 46. Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation lays down the minimum quality requirements which Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and -pears of the said varieties preserved in natural fruit juice, hereinafter referred. to as ‘pears in syrup and or in natural fruit juice’, as defined in -Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84, shall meet in order to qualify for the production aid provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86. Article 2 For the manufacture of pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice only pears of the species Pyrus-comunis L, varieties Williams and Rocha, shall be used. The raw material shall be fresh, sound, clean and suitable for processing. The raw material may have been chilled before being used: for the manufacture of pears in syrup and/or in natural- fruit juice. Article 3 1. Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice must be manufactured in one of the styles defined in paragraph 2. 2.  For the purpose of this Regulation the styles are defined as follows : (a) ‘whole fruit’ means the whole fruit, with core and with . or.without stalk ; (b) ‘halves’ means the cored fruit cut into two approxi- mately equal parts ; (c) ‘quarters’ means the cored fruit cut into four approxi- mately- equal parts ; (d) ‘slices’ means the cored fruit cut into. more than four wedge-shaped- parts ; (e) ‘dice’ means the cored fruit cut into cube-like parts. 3. Each container with pears in syrup and/or pears in natural fruit juice shall contain only one style, and the fruit or pieces thereof shall be practically uniform in size. No other type of fruit may be found in the container.