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3. The non-governmental organizations must meet the 
following criteria: 
(a) they must have a status which is characteristic of this 
type of organization; 
(b) they must have their headquarters in a Member State 
of the Community or, in exceptional cases, in a non-
member country; 
(c) they must demonstrate their capacity to implement 
successfully the type of operation covered by this 
Regulation. 
Article 2 
1. The Community contribution may cover the 
purchase in the Community or in developing or other 
non-member countries of food products or seeds and the 
cost of transporting them to their destination. 
2. The amount of the Community contribution 
towards the purchase and transport of food products or 
seeds shall be a minimum of 25 % and a maximum of 
75 % of the total cost of the operation. 
Article 3 
Decisions granting a contribution towards the purchase 
of food products or seeds by non-governmental organiz­
ations or international bodies shall be taken by the 
Commission after consulting the Committee set up by 
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 and in 
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8 
(2) of that Regulation. 
The said Committee may examine any other matter 
concerning the implementation of the operations which 
is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at 
the request of a Member State representative. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in Article 4 
Decisions granting contributions for emergency aid or 
aid amounting to 500 000 ECU or less shall be taken by 
the Commission, which shall inform the Member States. 
Article 5 
1. Decisions determining the conditions governing the 
use of such contributions shall be taken by the 
Commission. 
2. Aid shall be granted only to recipients who 
undertake to comply with the implementing conditions 
notified to them by the Commission. 
Article 6 
The Commission may authorize an agent to conclude 
purchase contracts on its behalf. 
Article 7 
The European Parliament and the Council shall be 
informed of decisions taken in accordance with Articles 
3 and 4 as soon as they are adopted. 
Article 8 
The Commission shall take all measures necessary for 
the proper performance of the operations provided for 
under this Regulation. 
The Member States shall assist the Commission in this 
respect, in particular by supplying all necessary infor­
mation. 
Article 9 
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. 
certain less-favoured areas ('), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 
(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
(') OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community 
list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands) 
COM(88) 37 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 April 1988) 
(88/C 109/06) 
No C 109/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 4. 88 
Whereas Council Directive 75/275/EEC ('), as last 
amended by Commission Decision 87/462/EEC (2), 
specifies the areas in the Netherlands which appear in 
the Community list of less-favoured areas within the 
meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; 
Whereas the Netherlands Government has requested, 
pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, that 
the Community list of the areas in question, as set out in 
the Annex to Directive 75/275/EEC, be amended as set 
out in the Annex to this Directive; 
Whereas the new areas in the list comply with the 
criteria and the figures applied pursuant to Directive 
75/275/EEC for the purposes of determining the areas 
O OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 229. 
(2) OJ No L 252, 3. 9. 1987, p. 21. 
ANNEX 
Less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC 
Province 
Groningen 
Friesland 
Drenthe 
Overijssel 
Gelderland 
Utrecht 
Noord-Holland 
Zuid-Holland 
Zeeland 
Noord-Brabant 
Limburg 
Total Number of areas 
9 
20 
12 
21 
17 
8 
11 
11 
12 
14 
4 
139 Area (ha) 
3 255 
6617 
4 700 
7 071 
3 050 
2 335 
6 145 
4 057 
1 227 
4 863 
4 897 
48 217 concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of 
Directive 75/268/EEC; 
Whereas, moreover, the aggregate total area concerned 
does not exceed 4 % of the entire area of the 
Netherlands, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The list of less-favoured areas in the Netherlands which 
is set out in the Annex to Directive 72/275/EEC is 
hereby replaced by that shown in the Annex hereto. 
Article 2 
This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands.