L 288/22 Official Journal of the European Union 19.10.2006 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1559/2006 of 18 October 2006 laying down minimum quality requirements for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice under the production aid scheme (Codified version) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in processed fruit and vegetable products (), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2319/89 of 28 July 1989 laying down minimum quality requirements for Williams and Rocha pears in syrup andfor in natural fruit juice under the production aid scheme (%) has been substantially amended (}). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified. (2)  The first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 established a production aid scheme for certain products listed in Annex I thereto. (3)  The aim of the minimum quality requirements to be established is to avoid production of products for which there is no demand or products which would create distortion of the market. The requirements must be based on traditional fair manufacturing procedures. (4 The quality requirements laid down in this Regulation constitute additional rules of application further to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003 of 29 August 2003 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 as regards the aid scheme for products processed from fruit and vegetables (*). () O) L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (O] L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 25). () OJ L 220, 29.7.1989, p. 51. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EQ) No 996/2001 (O] L 139, 23.5.2001, p. 9). (}) See Annex L () OJ L 218, 30.8.2003, p. 14. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1663/2005 (O] L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 22). accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege- tables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 This Regulation lays down the minimum quality requirements that preserved Williams and Rocha pears in syrup andfor in natural fruit juice, hereinafter referred to as ‘pears in syrup andfor in natural fruit juice’, as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1535/2003, must meet. Atrticle 2 For the manufacture of pears in syrup andfor in natural fruit juice only pears of the species Pyrus communis L., varieties Williams and Rocha, shall be used. The raw material shall be fresh, sound, clean and suitable for processing. The raw material may have been chilled before being used for the manufacture of pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice. Atrticle 3 1. Pears in syrup and/or in natural fruit juice must be manu- factured in one of the styles defined in paragraph 2. 2. For the purpose of this Regulation the styles are defined as follows: (@) ‘whole fruit' means the whole fruit, with core and with or without stalk; (b) ‘halves’ means the cored fruit cut into two approximately equal parts; (c) ‘quarters’ means the cored fruit cut into four approximately equal parts;