24. 8. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 240/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2425/81 of 20 August 1981 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of aid for dried grapes and dried figs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 of 27 July 1981 laying down the general rules for the system of production aid for dried figs and dried grapes (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 laid down the general rules for the system of production aid for dried grapes and dried figs obtained from products harvested in the Community; whereas that system is based, in particular, on contracts between Community producers and processors and between producers and storage agencies; Whereas, in order to ensure steady supplies to the processing undertakings, it should be laid down that contracts. with such undertakings are to be concluded for a certain period; whereas, however, to ensure that this arrangement is of maximum effectiveness the Contracting Parties should be permitted to increase, by way of an endorsement, the quantities originally contracted for; ’ Whereas, in order to ensure the correct application of the aid system, quality standards to be met by the products for which contracts may be concluded and by the processed products obtained from those raw materials should be laid down; Whereas, in order to ensure the proper functioning of the aid system, provision should be made for the agency (1) O] No L 214, 1. 8. 1981, p. 1. appointed by the Member State to make random checks on the weight and quality of products delivered to the processing undertakings and storage agencies and to verify the stock accounts kept by those undertakings and agencies; whereas such stock accounts must contain the minimum information required for verifying that the products covered by the contracts have been processed; Whereas to enable the validity of applications for production and storage aid to be verified, the minimum particulars which must appear therein should be specified; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 provides for the payment of financial compensation to the storage agencies in respect of products sold at a price lower than the minimum price; whereas to enable the eligibility for such compensation to be verified the minimum particulars which must appear in applications therefor should be specified; Whereas pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/68 of 30 July 1968 laying down rules for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 653/68 on conditions for alterations to the value of the unit of account used for the common agricultural policy (2), in connection with transactions within the framework of any sums owed by a Member State or a duly authorized body, expressed in national currency representing amounts fixed in units of account, are to be paid on the basis of the relationship between the unit of account and the national currency which obtained at the time when the transaction or part transaction was carried out; () OJ No L 188, 1. 8. 1968, p. 1.