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( 1 ) DELIVERED ON 18 . 6 . 1976 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 128 , 19 . 5 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 108 , 26 . 4 . 1976 , P . 21 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 128 , 19 . 5 . 1975 , P . 72 .

COUNCIL DECISION OF 21 JUNE 1976 REGARDING THE INCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISASTER-STRICKEN COMMUNES IN ITALY AMONG THE MONTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC ON MONTAIN AND HILL FARMING AND FARMING IN CERTAIN LESS-FAVOURED AREAS ( 76/557/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 42 AND 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS A NUMBER OF ESSENTIALLY AGRICULTURAL COMMUNES IN THE FRIULI/VENEZIA GIULIA REGION WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN MAY 1976 ;

WHEREAS THEIR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY WILL BE HANDICAPPED AS A RESULT FOR AS LONG AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE ARE FELT ; WHEREAS THIS SITUATION IS THEREFORE TEMPORARILY COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE LESS-FAVOURED FARMING AREAS DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE 3 OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC ( 2 ) , AS AMENDED BY COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 76/400/EEC ( 3 ) ;

WHEREAS DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC ( 4 ) LISTS FOR ITALY , AMONG OTHER THINGS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS COVERED BY ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC ; WHEREAS THIS LIST INCLUDES SOME OF THE DISASTER-STRICKEN COMMUNES AND PARTS OF COMMUNES ; WHEREAS THE STRICKEN COMMUNES OR PARTS OF COMMUNES WHICH DO NOT APPEAR ON THE ABOVEMENTIONED LIST SHOULD ACCORDINGLY , FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS , BE INCLUDED AMONG THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WHICH DO , AND THUS BE COVERED BY THE SPECIAL AID SCHEMES PROVIDED FOR BY DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

FOUR FOUR YEARS , THE COMMUNES AND PARTS OF COMMUNES THE LIST OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION SHALL BE INCLUDED AMONG THE MOUNTAIN AREAS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC WHICH APPEAR ON THE LIST ANNEXED TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 21 JUNE 1976 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . HAMILIUS

ANNEX

LIST OF THE COMMUNES AND PARTS OF COMMUNES SITUATED IN THE FRIULI/VENEZIA GIULIA REGION INCLUDED AMONG THE MONTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC

PORDENONE PROVINCE

SPILIMBERGO THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

SEQUALS THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

PINZANO AL TAGLIAMENTO THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

UDINE PROVINCE

BUIA

CASSACCO

COLLOREDO DI MONTE ALBANO

FAGOGNA

MAIANO

MARTIGNACCO

MOIMACCO

MORUZZO

OSOPPO

PAGNACCO

RAGOGNA

REANA DEL ROIALE

REMANZACCO

RIVE D'ARCANO

SAN DANIELE DEL FRIULI

TRICESIMO

ARTEGNA THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

FAEDIS THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

GERMONA DEL FRIULI THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

MAGNANO RIVIERA THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

NIMIS THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

POVOLETTO THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

TARCENTO THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC

CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI THAT PART NOT LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 75/273/EEC