No L 57/32 Official Journal of the Buropean Communities 3. 3. 88 COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 1988 Aapproving a programme for the fresh fruit and vegetables sector concerning storage and packaging in Portugal pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No : 355/77 AU (Only the Portuguese text is authentic) (88/101/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of 15 Pebruary 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fishery products are processed and marketed ('), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 560/87 (3, and in particular Article S thereof, Whereas on 20 July 1987 the Portuguese Government forwarded . a fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes programme concerning their storage and packaging in Portugal, and supplied additional information on 10 November 1987 ; Whereas the aims of this programme are to rationalize and modernize the storage and packaging of fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes in Portugal, so as to make the sector more competitive and add value to its output; whereas it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77; Whereas this programme contains sufficient information as prescribed by Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 to show that the aims set out in Article 1 of that Regula- tion can be achieved in the storage and packaging of fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes in Portugal ; whereas the estimated time required for implementation of this () OJ No L 51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1. (@ OJ No L §7, 27. 2. 1987, p. 6. programme does not exceed the period mentioned in - Article 3 (1) (g) of that Regulation; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The programme ‘for the storage and packaging of fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes forwarded by the Portuguese Government on 20 July 1987 and for which additional information was provided on 10 November 1987 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 is approved. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Portﬁguese Republic. Done at Brussels, 12 ]anuary 1988. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President