16. 4. 84 Official Joubrnal of the European Communities No L 103/11 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 988/84 of 31 March 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables and Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1088/83 (4), introduced a system of production aid for a number of products processed from fruit and vegetables; whereas, following the accession of the Hellenic Republic, this system of aid has been extended to dried grapes and dried figs with detailed rules laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2194/81 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3009/83 (¢); Whereas this system of aid has operated successfully in terms of the objectives it was designed to fulfil; whereas the system should be retained but adjusted in the light of experience gained in operating it and of changes in the markets for the products concerned; whereas, in particular, all the products which may be eligible for aid, including dried grapes and figs, should be made subject to a uniform system; Whereas, in view of the link between prices for products intended to be consumed fresh and prices for products intended for processing, provision should be made for minimum producer prices to be determined taking into account the basic prices for fruit and vegetables for consumption as fresh and the need to maintain a sufficient balance between the various uses for fresh products; (*) OJ No C 94, 8. 4. 1983, p. 6. (2) Opinion delivered on 15 March 1984 (not yet published in . the Official Journal). (*) OJ No L 73, 21. 3.1977, p. 1. () OJ No L 118, 5. 5. 1983, p. 16. (5) O] No L 214, 1. 8. 1981, p. 1. (¢) OJ No L 296, 20. 10. 1983, p. 1. Whereas provision should be made for a monthly increment of the minimum price for certain products intended for processing which can be stored; Whereas experience has shown that difficulties have arisen with the factors used to calculate the amount of aid; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for a calculation which takes account in particular of changes in the minimum price and includes, where necessary, a flat-rate adjustment for other costs; whereas minimum import prices should be referred to for the purpose of calculating aid for products subject to such prices; Whereas, in the case of a number of products, and in particular those processed from tomatoes, it has been observed that the weight of the packaging can vary considerably in relation to the weight of the product; whereas the granting of aid for packaged products may result in artificial distortions between different processors; whereas the aid should therefore be calculated on the basis of the raw material processed; Whereas, in order to facilitate the marketing of the processed products in question and adjust their quality more closely to market requirements, provision should be made for laying down Community quality standards; whereas, pending the adoption of such standards, aid should be made conditional on compliance with current national standards; Whereas experience has shown that the system under which storage agencies have been purchasing dried grapes and dried figs has not ensured satisfactory disposal of these products; whereas, given the present state of the market in these products both within the Community and at world level, provision should be made for a limited purchasing system ending at the end of the marketing year; Whereas, therefore, provision should be made under the said system for the granting of storage aid to the storage agencies and for compensation of-any losses to which they are subject when selling the products in store; Whereas, in the case of certain products in this sector of which the Community is a major importer, a minimum