No L 196/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 7. 85 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2077/85 of 25 July 1985 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of production aid for tinned pineapple THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 of 14 March 1977 establishing a system of production aid for tinned pineapple ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 1699/85 (3, and in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84 of 5 June 1984 (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1455/85 (%), lays down detailed rules for the appli- cation of the system production aid for certain products processed from fruit and vegetables ; whereas the measures provided for by this Regulation to ensure correct application of the system of production aid should also as far as possible be made applicable to tinned pineapple; whereas these measures should be completed to cover differences between the two aid systems ; Whereas advances of the production aid for tinned pineapple may be paid ; whereas the procedures to be followed to that end should be prescribed ; Whereas the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  For the purposes of the production aid system provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 525/77 ‘tinned pineapple’ means pineapple or pieces of pineapple, without peel and core, having undergone a heat treat- ment, packed in hermetically sealed containers with a covering liquid of sugar syrup, with a total sugar content determined after homogenization of not less No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 46. No L 163, 22. 6. 1985, p. 12. No L 152, 8. 6. 1984, p. 16. No L 144, 1. 6. 1985, p. 69. than 14 %, and falling within subheading 20.06 B II a) 5 or 20.06 B II b) 5 of the Common Customs Tariff. 2. In addition to the provisions laid down in this Regulation, Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 11 (1), 12, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/84 shall apply to the granting of production aid to tinned pineapple. Article 2 Processors wishing to benefit from production aid shall, not later than 15 March, each year communicate to the agency designated by the Member States the quantity of tinned pineapple which was in stock on 1 March of that year. Article 3 The processors shall submit two aid applications each year : (a) the first covering tinned pineapple produced from fruit from the first harvest of the marketing year; and (b) the second covering tinned pineapple produced from fruit from the second harvest of the mar- keting year. The first aid application shall be submitted not later than 31 January of the current marketing year and the second not later than 30 June of the following mar- keting year. Article 4 1. An advance on the production aid shall on appli- cation from the processor be paid when the copy of the processing contract has reached the competent authorities and a security equal to the amount of the advance applied for plus 10 % has been lodged. 2. The application for the advance referred to in paragraph 1 shall indicate at least the following: (a) the applicant’s name and address ; (b) the quantity of pineapples covered by concluded processing contracts ; (c) the quantity of tinned pineapple produced or to be produced from the quantity of pineapples covered by the processing contracts referred to in (b);