31. 7. 9 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 201/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2201/90 of 24 July 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economic Community, and-in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European .Parli- ament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1202/90 (%), introduced a system of production aid for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables; whereas the chief objective is to enable products processed from raw materials produced in the Community to be sold at prices which compete with those charged by third. countries ; Whereas, with respect to dried grapes, it is necessary in order to make the producer aware of the requirements for disposing of and marketing his products and to improve:- the competivity of such products that a new system of aid for specialized cultivated areas should gradually replace the existing system of production aid ; whereas, during a transitional period of four marketing years, cultivation aid is to be gradually introduced to compensate for the reduc- tion in production aid; whereas the conditions of -this transition should be defined ; whereas the monthly incre- ments applicable to the minimum price payable to produ- cers for sultanas and currants should be abolished; Whereas account should also be taken of producers who are not engaged in combating phylloxera ; whereas they should be granted increased aid ; Whereas to encourage a more rapid disposal of certain products-and thus to avoid prolonged storage detrimental- to the maintenance of quality, on the one hand, the () O No C 96, 17. 4. 1990, p. 1. () O] No C 112, 7. 5. 1990, p. 34. () OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 119, 11. 5. 1990, p. 66. minimum price paid by the storage agencies -for the product bought in under the intervention arrangements should be reduced and, on the other hand, as from the 1994/95 marketing year, the quantities of sultanas and dried grapes that can be bought in by the storage agencies in the last two months of the marketing year should be limited and the buying-in price by those bodies should be reduced ; whereas the costs of excessively long storage should, moreover, no longer be financed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation - (EEC) No 426/86 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. A system of production aid shall apply to the products listed in Annex I, Part A and obtained from fruit and vegetables harvested in the Community, without prejudice to the specific provisions for dried grapes in Article 6 and 6a.’ 2. In Article 3 (2), ‘sultanas and’ is inserted before ‘currants’. 3. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following : 2. The minimum price for dried figs valid at the start of the marketing year shall be increased each montbh, starting with the third month of the marketing year and continuing to the end of the marketing year, by a fixed amount corresponding to storage costs.’ 4. Article 6 is replaced by the following: Article 6 1.  Aid shall be granted for the cultivation of sultanas, muscatel grapes and currants which are dried for processing.