COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 609/94 of 18 March 1994 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 as regards the geographical areas of the new German Länder where producers practising transhumance are regarded as producers in less-favoured areas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 233/94 (2), and in particular Article 5 (9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down general rules for the grant of premiums to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 233/94, and in particular Articles 1 and 2 (4) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 lays down the conditions under which farmers practising transhumance are to be regarded as producers in less-favoured areas; whereas, to that end, the said Regulation lays down in particular that only those farmers are to be taken into account whose holdings are located in geographical areas to be determined in accordance with certain criteria and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 of 6 August 1991 laying down detailed rules for certain special cases regarding the definition of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers and producer groups (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2564/92 (5), establishes the list of those geographical areas with the exception of those of the new German Länder and of the Saarland pending a more in-depth examination of the situation in those regions; whereas that examination having now been carried out, the list of the geographical areas established by Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 should be supplemented with effect from the beginning of the 1994 marketing year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Point IV. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 is hereby supplemented in fine as follows:
'Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (in the following urban and rural districts)
Güstrow
Teterow
Hagenow
Schwerin
Lübz
Rostock
Bad Doberan
Ribnitz-Damgarten
Greifswald
Demmin
Malchin
Neubrandenburg
Parchim
Saxony-Anhalt (in the following urban and rural districts)
Wernigerode
Quedlinburg
Sangerhausen
Osterburg
Stendal
Wolmirstedt
Schönebeck
Roßlau
Gräfenhainichen
Wittenberg
Jessen
Klötze
Zeitz
Naumburg
Nebra
Brandenburg (in the following urban and rural districts)
Prignitz
Uckermark
Märkisch-Oderland
Elbe-Elster
Dahme-Spreewald
Teltow-Fläming
Oder-Spree
Oberhavel
Ostprignitz
Spree-Neiße
Potsdam-Mittelmark
Oberspreewald-Lausitz
Thuringia (in the following urban and rural districts)
Nordhausen
Erfurt
Eisenach
Mühlhausen
Gotha
Jena
Schmölln
Sondershausen
Bad Langensalza
Weimar
Bad Salzungen
Arnstadt
Artern
Saxony (in the following urban and rural districts)
Torgau
Ellenburg
Delitzsch
Wurzen
Riesa
Großenhain
Meißen
Dresden-Land
Pirna
Sebnitz
Bautzen
Zittau
Görlitz
Niesky
Kamenz
Freiberg
Glauchau
Zwickau-Land
Brand-Erbisdorf`
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from the beginning of the 1994 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 March 1994.