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( 1 ) OJ NO L 51 , 23 . 2 . 1977 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 21 JANUARY 1980

APPROVING A PROGRAMME FOR THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IN THE RHINELAND PALATINATE PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 355/77

( ONLY THE GERMAN TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/169/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 PRODUCTS ARE PROCESSED AND MARKETED ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY COMMUNICATED ON 24 JULY 1979 A PROGRAMME FOR THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IN THE RHINELAND PALATINATE ;

WHEREAS THE SAID PROGRAMME CONCERNS THE REORGANIZATION , RATIONALIZATION AND MODERNIZATION OF THE MARKETING OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROCESSING INDUSTRY , WITH THE AIM OF STABILIZING THE MARKET IN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THE RHINELAND PALATINATE SO AS TO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF INCOME FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS IT THEREFORE CONSTITUTES A PROGRAMME WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 355/77 ;

WHEREAS THE PROGRAMME CONTAINS SUFFICIENT DETAILS , AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 355/77 , WHICH INDICATE THAT THE OBJECTIVES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 OF THE SAID REGULATION CAN BE ACHIEVED IN RESPECT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN THE RHINELAND PALATINATE ; WHEREAS THE SCHEDULED PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME DOES NOT EXCEED THE LIMIT LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( G ) OF THE REGULATION ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PROGRAMME FOR THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IN THE RHINELAND PALATINATE , COMMUNICATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ON 24 JULY 1979 PURSUANT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 355/77 , IS HEREBY APPROVED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 JANUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT