No C 139/60 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 88 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 on the common 
organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables 
(88/C 139/51) 
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, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/ 
86 (!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/ 
87 (2), lays down a system of production aid applicable to 
certain varieties of dried grapes; 
Whereas the disposal of dried grapes of the Moscatel 
varieties is liable to be disturbed in Spain and Portugal by 
competition from sultanas and currants qualifying for 
production aid in the Community; whereas provision 
should accordingly be made for their inclusion in the 
system of aid under the market organization for products 
processed from fruit and vegetables; 
Whereas, with a view to concentrating supply for the sound 
management of production, provision should accordingly 
be made for contracts relating to the supply of the raw 
material to be drawn up in principle between recognized 
producers' groups or associations thereof and processors or 
processors' groups or associations thereof; 
Whereas account should also be taken, for dried grapes of 
the Moscatel varieties, of commercial practices in force for 
the other varieties of dried grapes qualifying for aid, 
according to which part of production must be discarded so 
that the finished product is of satisfactory quality having 
regard to its specific characteristics; whereas provision 
0) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 20. should accordingly also be made, for such processed dried 
grapes, for the determination of an adequate percentage 
taking account of quantities not to be processed, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following paragraph 2a is inserted in Article 3: 
'2a. In the case of dried grapes of the Moscatel 
varieties, the contracts referred to in paragraph 1 shall 
in principle be concluded between recognized pro­
ducers' groups or associations thereof and processors or 
processors' groups and associations thereof.' 
2. Article 6(2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. In the case of sultanas, currants and dried grapes of 
the Moscatel varieties, the aid shall be paid only to 
processors who have not processed and subsequently do 
not process for commercial purposes a quantity of dried 
grapes of those varieties equal to a percentage, to be 
determined, of the quantities purchased. Such quantities 
not processed shall not be eligible for aid.' 
3. In part A of Annex I, 'ex 0806 20 Sultanas and currants' 
is replaced by 'ex 0806 20 Sultanas, currants and dried 
grapes of the Moscatel varieties'. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.