COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/66/EEC of 19 July 1993 amending Directive 81/645/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Greece)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Whereas Directive 81/645/EEC (4) lays down the areas in Greece which are included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas the Greek Government has requested, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Directive 75/268/EEC, that the Community list of less-favoured areas given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC be amended;

Whereas the new areas to be included in the list comply with the criteria and figures applied pursuant to Directive 85/148/EEC (5) to determine areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas it has been decided that the new areas to be classified as areas affected by specific handicaps as referred to in Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC are the border areas within the meaning of Directive 81/645/EEC, which requires the reclassification of areas already classified as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) in order to create homogeneous agricultural border areas;

Whereas the combined area of the areas in question does not exceed 4 % of the area of the Member State concerned;

Whereas the amendment requested by the Greek Government represents 2,5 % of the utilized agricultural area of Greece; whereas, as a result of this request, the amendment to Directive 81/645/EEC involves an increase of more than 1,5 % of the utilized agricultural area in Greece,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

The list of less-favoured areas in Greece given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC is hereby supplemented and amended in accordance with the list given in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1993.

For the Council

The President

A. BOURGEOIS

(1) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1).

(2) OJ No C 136, 15. 5. 1993, p. 6.

(3) Opinion delivered on 25 June 1993 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(4) OJ No L 238, 24. 8. 1981, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive 85/148/EEC (OJ No L 56, 25. 2. 1985, p. 1).

(5) OJ No L 56, 25. 2. 1985, p. 1).

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