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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1941/90

of 6 July 1990

amending Regulation (EEC) No 223/90 as regards the rates of Community part-financing applicable to certain measures referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 797/85

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 752/90 (2), and in particular Article 26 (2) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/90 of 26 January 1990 fixing the rates of Community part-financing for the measures referred to in Council Regulations (EEC) No 797/85, (EEC) No 1096/88, (EEC) No 1360/78, (EEC) No 389/82 and (EEC) No 1696/71 (3) should be supplemented by inserting therein the rates of Community part-financing applicable to the set aside measures referred to in Title 01 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85;

Whereas certain rates of Community part-financing fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 223/90 should be rectified to keep them at the level applying before the entry into force of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3808/89 (4);

Whereas the measures provided for this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structure and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 223/90 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph is added to Article 1:

'The rates of Community part-financing applicable to the set-aside measures referred to in Title 01 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 shall be as listed in Annex III.'

2. The two indents of point 1 (b) of Annex II are replaced by the following:

'- in all areas, aids referred to in Articles 7 and 7a,

- in less-favoured areas within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (1)

- aids referred to in Articles 3 and 4 and granted in the less-favoured areas of the Italian Mezzogiorno and not covered by Objective 1,

- aids referred to in Article 14, 17, 20a and 21 and granted in the less-favoured areas of Italy which are not covered by Objective 1,

- aids referred to in Articles 3, 4, 14, 17, 20a and 21 and granted in the less-favoured areas of Spain which are marked with an asterisk in the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC (2) and which are not covered by Objective 1.'

3. The Annex to this Regulation is added as Annex III.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 1 (1) shall apply to expenditure relating to land set aside from 1 January 1990.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 July 1990.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 83, 30. 3. 1990, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 22, 27. 1. 1990, p. 62.

(4) OJ No L 371, 20. 12. 1989, p. 1.

ANNEX

'ANNEX III

Rates of Community part-financing applicable to set-aside measures referred to Title 01 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85

1.2 // Types of measures and amount of aid // rate // 1. Measures referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1a (3) // // (a) for that part of the aid which does not exceed ECU 300/ha/year // 60% // (b) for that part of the aid which exceeds ECU 300/ha/year but does not exceed ECU 600/ha/year // 25% // 2. Measures referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 1a (3) // // (a) for that part of the aid which does not exceed ECU 150/ha/year // 60% // (b) for that part of the aid which exceeds ECU 150/ha/year but does not exceed ECU 300/ha/year // 25%'