COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2161/93 of 28 July 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the amount of production aid for prunes

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2161/93 of 28 July 1993 fixing for the 1993/94 marketing year the minimum price to be paid to producers for dried plums and the amount of production aid for prunes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1569/92 (2), and in particular Articles 4 (4)  and 5 (5) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1206/90 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2202/90 (4), lays down general rules for the system of production aid for processed fruit and vegetables;
Whereas, under Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, the minimum price to be paid to producers is to be determined on the basis of, firstly, the minimum price applying during the previous marketing year, secondly, the movement of basic prices in  the fruit and vegetable sector, and thirdly, the need to ensure the normal marketing of fresh products for the various uses, including supply of the processing industry;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 lays down the criteria for fixing the amount of production aid; whereas account must, in particular, be taken of the aid fixed for the previous marketing year adjusted to take account of changes in the  minimum price to be paid to products and the difference between the cost of the raw material in the Community and in the major competing third countries;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1663/93 (6), establishes a list of prices and amounts for the fruit and vegetables sector which are to be divided by a coefficient of 1,013088 fixed by Commission  Regulation (EEC) No 537/93 (7), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1331/93 (8), as from the the beginning of the 1993/94 marketing year, whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3824/92 lays down that the resulting reduction in the prices and amounts for  each sector concerned shall be specified and the level of such reduced prices fixed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,