COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2143/96 of 7 November 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 as regards the geographical areas of Germany where sheepmeat 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 1589/96 (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 (4), and in particular Article 1 and Article 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 states in particular that only those farmers are to be taken into account whose holdings are located in geographical areas to be determined on the basis of 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 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2569/95 (6), establishes the list of those geographical areas; whereas, in the wake of an administrative reorganization in the new Länder of Germany, the geographical demarcation of certain areas has changed as have their names and whereas the list of geographical areas in that Member State should accordingly be adjusted;

Whereas these changes do not imply any foreseeable increase in the number of producers practising transhumance in the areas concerned;

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) in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The sections headed 'Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania`, 'Saxony-Anhalt`, 'Thuringia` and 'Saxony` are replaced by the following:

'Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (in the following urban and rural districts):

Bad Doberan

Demmin

Güstrow

Ludwigslust

Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Nordvorpommern

Nordwestmecklenburg

Ostvorpommern

Parchim

Uecker-Randow

Saxony-Anhalt (in the following urban and rural districts):

Anhalt-Zerbst

Sangerhausen

Weißenfels

Ohrekreis

Jerichower Land

Halberstadt

Stendal

Salzwedel

Thuringia (in the following urban and rural districts):

Nordhausen

Kyffhäuser Kreis

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

Sömmerda

Wartburg Kreis

Gotha

Weimar-Land

Ilm-Kreis

Holzlandkreis

Altenburg

Erfurt

Weimar

Saxony (in the following urban and rural districts):

Torgau-Oschatz

Delitzsch

Muldentalkreis

Riesa-Großenhain

Meißen-Radebeul

Sächsische Schweiz

Bautzen

Löbau-Zittau

Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis

Freiberg

Chemnitzer Land

Zwickauer Land

Kamenz`.

2. 'Lüneburg` is inserted under 'Lower Saxony`.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 25.

(3) OJ No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 7.

(4) OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 9.

(5) OJ No L 219, 7. 8. 1991, p. 15.

(6) OJ No L 262, 1. 11. 1995, p. 32.