COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 amending the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Greece within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Greek text is authentic) (94/516/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,

Whereas Council Directive 81/645/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 93/66/EEC (4), lays down the areas in Greece which qualify as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas the Greek Government has communicated to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the new areas eligible for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas and information concerning the characteristics of those areas; whereas, furthermore, the existing special aid system in the less-favoured areas will be extended to the new areas;

Whereas, as the aforementioned communication indicates, one area complies with the criteria and figures in Directive 81/645/EEC for determining the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; whereas as a result, the aforementioned area should be included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

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

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community list of less-favoured areas in Greece given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC is hereby supplemented by the list given in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.

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

(3) OJ No L 238, 24. 8. 1981, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 36.

ANNEX

LESS-FAVOURED AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 (5) OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC "" ID="1">Makedonia> ID="2">Kastoria> ID="3">Maniaki> ID="4">630> ID="5">560> ID="6">Border area (1)()""

>

(1)() Classified as constituting 'homogeneous border farming areas'.