9. 4. 57 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 94/17 COMMISSION DECISION of 6 March 1997 approving a modification to the single programming document for Community structural measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in respect of Objective 5 (a), covering the period between 1994 and 1999 (Only the French text is authentic) (97/235/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 of 29 March 1990 on improving the processing and mar- keting conditions for agricultural products(') as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 10a thereof, Whereas, on 8 December 1994, the Commission has adopted Decision 94/831/EC, approving the single programming document for Community structural measures for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural products in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in respect of Objective 5 (a), covering the period between 1994 and 1999 (; Whereas on 11 July 1996 the Luxembourg Government submitted to the Commission a request for the modifica- tion of the Single Programming Document approved, supplemented by additional information sent on 7 November and 9 December 1996 and 28 January 1957; whereas that document contains the plans designed to improve the structures relating to the various product sectors referred to in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90 and the aid applications referred to in Article 10a of that Regulation; Whereas the Single Programming Document, as modi- fied, meets the conditions of and contains the informa- tion required in Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 860/94 of 18 April 1994 on plans and applications, in the form of operational programmes, for aid from the Guidance Section of the European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products (*); Whereas the Single Programming Document was drawn up in agreement with the Member State concerned under the partnership as defined in Article 4 of Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of () OJ No L 91, 6. 4. 1990, p. 1. () OJ No L 352, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1. () OF No L 99, 19. 4. 1994, p. 7. the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coor- dination of activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (%) Whereas the second indent of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1866/90 of 2 July 1990 on arrange- ments for using the ecu for the purposes of the budgetary management of the Structural Funds (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2745/94 ('), provides that in Commission decisions approving single programming documents, the Community assistance decided upon for the entire period and the annual breakdown thereof are to be setout in ecus, at prices for the year in which the de- cision is taken, and are to be subject to indexation; whereas the annual breakdown must be compatible with the progressive increase in commitment appropriations as set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as amended; whereas the indexation is to be based on a single rate per year corresponding to the rates applied annually to the Community budget on the basis of the mechanisms for technical adjustment of the financial perspectives; Whereas Article 1 of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (*), as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EC, EURATOM) No 2730/94 (°), provides that the legal commitments entered into for measures extending over more than one financial year are to contain a time limit for implementations which must be specified to the recipient in due form when the aid is granted; Whereas, during the implementation of the Single Programming Document, the Member State will ensure that the individual projects included therein will conform with the selection criteria for investments for improving the processing and marketing conditions for agricultural and forestry products currently in force, in application of Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 866/90; () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. () O] No L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. () O] No L 170, 3. 7. 1990, p. 36. () O] No L 290, 11. 11. 1994, p. 4. () O] No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1. () O] No L 293, 12. 11. 1994, p. 7.