No L 162/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 20. 6. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/84 of 19 June 1984 on minimum prices payable to producers and.amounts of production aid for certain processed fruit and vegetables eligible for production aid THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 of 14 March 1977 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 988/84 (%), and in particular Articles 3b (4), 3c (5) and 3d (3) thereof, Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 provides for a system of production aid for certain products ; whereas under that system a minimum price must be paid to the producer and production aid is to be paid on the basis of the net weight of the processed product ; Whereas the quality of dried fruit intended for proces- sing and of dried fruit ready to be offered for direct consumption varies ; whereas the minimum price and the production aid should be fixed for a specified cate- gory ; whereas the minimum price and the amount of aid for categories other than that for which they have been fixed should be derived from that category; whereas the prices and amounts so derived should take .into account the characteristics of the different catego- ries ; whereas these categories must be defined; Whereas Article 3d (1) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 516/77 provides that processed products must meet minimum Community quality standards to be laid down ; whereas such standards are already in applica- tion for certain dried fruit, in particular for dried figs ; whereas the standards laid down in Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 2425/81 () for dried figs should continue to be applied; Whereas tomato concentrates have differing dry weight contents ; whereas to facilitate the application of the production aid system the aid should be fixed by reference to a pilot product; whereas the aid for tomato concentrates with a different dry weight content should be derived from the amount so fixed ; whereas the derived amounts should be calculated by reference to the dry weight content; () OJ No L 73, 21. 3. 1977, p. 1. () O] No L 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 11. () OJ No L 240, 24. 8. 1981, p. 1. Whereas Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 1602/82 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2035/83 (°), laid down coefficients to be applied to production aid for tomato concentrates for the mar- keting year 1983/84 ; whereas those coefficients were calculated by reference to criteria other than the net weight of the products; whereas production aid is henceforth to be paid on the basis of the net weight, so that application of such coefficients should not continue ; whereas immediate discontinuation would result in an abrupt diminution of the aid paid for certain sizes of packed products, which could create problems for outlets, and the diminution should there- fore be made graduallly; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1. The minimum price payable to the producer for unprocessed dried figs shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net of category C. For other categories the minimum price shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex I. 2. To qualify for payment of the minimum price unprocessed dried figs shall comply with the require- ments and correspond to one of the categories set out in Annex IIL Article 2 1. The production aid for dried figs shall be fixed per 100 kilograms net of category C. For other categories and for fig paste the amount of aid shall be multiplied by one of the coefficients listed in Annex L (9 OJ No L 179, 23. 6. 1982, p. 16. () Of No L 200, 23. 7. 1983, p. 12.