No L 220/54 29. 7. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2320/89 of 28 July 1989 of minimum quality requirements for: peaches in syrup and peaches in natural fruit juice for the application of 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 ; whereas Article 6 (1) (b) specifies that aid is to be granted only for porducts which meet minimum quality requirements to be ‘laid down; Whereas the aim of such minimum quality requirements is to avoid the manufacture of products for which no - "demand exists 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 1290/85 () laid down minimum quality standards for peaches in syrup ; whereas the provisions laid down therein should be adapted to take account of the extension of the aid scheme to peaches 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 Regulation (EEC) No.1599/84 of 5 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 Committee for Products Processed From - Fruit and . Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This - Regulation  lays down the minimum- quality requirements which ‘peaches in syrup and or/peaches in () 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. 8. () OJ No L 152, 8. 6. 1984, p. 16. () OJ No L 216, 27. 7. 1989, p. 46. 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 peaches in syrup and/or peaches in natural fruit juice, only peaches of the species Prunus persica L shall be used, excluding nectarines. 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 peaches in syrup. Article 3 1. Peaches 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 Regulatlon the styles are defined as follows : (@) ‘whole fruit' means the whole fruit, unpitted ; (b) ‘halves’ means the -pitted fruit cut vertically into two approxtmately equal parts ; (¢) “quarters’ means the pitted fruit cut into four approxi- mately equal parts; (d) ‘slices’ means the pitted fruit cut into more than four wedge-shaped parts ; (¢) ‘dice’ means the pitted fruit cut into cube-like parts. - 3. Each container with peaches in syrup and/or peaches 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. 4. The colour of peaches in syrup shall be characte-- ristic for the type used. Portions which- were obviously near or part of the pit cavity and which after canning- become slightly discoloured are considered to be of normal characteristic colour. Containers with peaches in syrup and/or peaches in natural fruit juice must not contain units having green parts.