No L 349/58 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 12. 87 COMMISSION DECISION of 30 November 1987 'approving a second programme submitted by the Federal Rebublic of Germany for wet preserves and deep-frozen fruit and vegetables in Lower Saxony pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 (Only the German text is authentic) (87/583/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 February 1977 on common measures to improve the conditions under which agricultural and fisheries products are processed and marketed (), as last amended by Regu- lation (EEC) No 560/87 (3, and in particular Article § thereof, Whereas on-15 December 1986 the Government of the Federai Republic of Germany forwarded a second programme supplementing the programme approved by Commission Decision 81/1025/EEC (°) for wet preserves in Lower Saxony and supplemented it by additional infor- mation on 2! May and 7 August 1987; Whereas this second programme relates to the mechan- ization of fruit and vegetables harvesting, modernization and rationalization of the manufacture and marketing of preserves of fruit and vegetables, pickles, and deep-frozen fruit and vegetables ; whereas it is intended to strengthen the competitiveness of this sector and raise the quality of its produce ; whereas it constitutes therefore a programme within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 ; Whereas the products covered by the programme, the structural situation in the programme area and the condi- tions of competition warrant an extension of the financial contribution by the Fund to harvesting equipment pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 5 of the abovementioned Regulation ; Whereas this second programme contained the details required under Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, () OJ No L 51, 23. 2. 1977, p. 1. () OJ No L 57, 27. 2. 1987, p. 6. () OF No L 367, 23. 12. 1981, p. 43. showing that the objectives laid down in -Article 1-of the- said Regulation can be achieved in respect of wet preserves and deep-frozen fruit and vegetables in Lower Saxony ; whereas the-schedule for implementation of this- second programme does not exceed the. time limits laid down- 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 second programme- submitted by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 and supplemented on 21 May and 7 August 1987 for wet preserves and deep-frozen fruit and vegetables in Lower Saxony, including the investments for the harvesting equipment for fruit and vegetables provided for in the programme pursuant to Article 6 of the said Regulation, is hereby approved. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany. Done at Brussels, 30 November 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President