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the provisions laid down in the first subparagraph 
of Article 1 (4) by 31 December 1988 at the latest 
for Greece, and for those laid down in the second 
subparagraph of Article 1 (4) by 31 March 1979 
at the latest for Italy, draw up a plan to include 
the measures which they consider most suitable 
for carrying out the work referred to in Article 1 
or adjust existing plans.' 
(b) The fifth paragraph is replaced by the following: 
'The plan drawn up in accordance with the 
provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 1 
(4) and point (b) of the second subparagraph of 
Article 1 (4) and Article 1 (5) shall specifiy in 
particular, in addition to the particulars referred 
to in the third and fourth paragraphs, the location 
of the areas particularly affected by the severe 
weather, the extent of the damage caused, the 
number of holdings affected, the extent of the 
areas for which aid may be granted for the 
schemes referred to in Article 1 (4), including the 
varieties cultivated on the plantations which are the subject of those schemes, and the control 
measures for ensuring that the aid granted to 
citrus growers whose plantations suffered damage 
as a result of the frost meet the requirements laid 
down in Article 1 (5).' 
3. In Article 4 (1), the third subparagraph is replaced by 
the following: 
'However, for the implementation of points (a) and 
(b) of the first subparagraph and (b) of the second 
subparagraph of Article 1 (4), the figure given in the 
second indent of the first subparagraph shall be 
reduced to 20 %.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall en:er 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. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) instituting an exceptional emergency measure for 
less-favoured areas in Portugal 
COM(88) 774 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 19 December 1988) 
(89/C 6/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, in the immediate future; whereas, in view of Portugal's 
budgetary difficulties, provision should be made for 
intervention from the Community to implement that 
measure; 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the bad weather conditions affecting farmers in 
1988 in the less-favoured areas in Portugal defined in 
Directive 86/467/EEC (Portugal) (') have aggravated 
the natural handicap of those areas and caused liquidity 
problems for those farmers; 
Whereas, by way of an exception, an emergency measure 
is required to raise the income of farmers in those areas Whereas, on account of the weak administrative 
structures of that Member State, a supplement to the 
compensatory allowances provided for in Title III of 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 
on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures (2) 
would provide a suitable means of allocating the aid 
without incurring expenditure and administrative delays; 
whereas, as a consequence, Portugal should be exempted 
from complying with the provision of Article 15 (4) of 
that Regulation limiting the maximum eligible amount of 
the compensatory allowance to 50 % of the reference 
income per MWU so that this scheme may be 
implemented in compliance with the extremely low 
reference income in Portugal; 
(') OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 173. (') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. In order to assist Portuguese farmers in less-
favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 of 
Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on 
mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-
favoured areas (') to overcome the exceptional diffi­
culties due to the bad weather conditions prevailing in 
1988, a common measure within the meaning of Article 
6 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/79 of 21 
April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural 
policy (*), as least amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
2048/88 (3), is hereby instituted by way of an exception. 
2. The common measure involves a financial contri­
bution from the Community to payments made by 
Portugal to supplement the compensatory allowances 
paid in 1989 pursuant to Title III of Regulation (EEC) 
No 797/85, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
1098/88 (4). It shall be limited to supplementary 
payments made under the arrangements applicable in 
1989 and must comply with the limits and conditions laid 
down in Articles 14 and 15 of the abovementioned 
Regulation. 
(') OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
O OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 106, 27. 4. 1988, p. 28. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the maintenance of crops of grain legumes such 
as lentils, chick-peas and vetches is in the Community 
economic interest and prevents imbalance on the 
Community market; 3. However, in view of the reference income referred 
to in Article 2 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 as 
reduced in Portugal pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 
1316/86 (5), Portugal is hereby exempted from the 
restriction laid down in Article 15 (4) of the abovemen­
tioned Regulation. 
Article 2 
1. The common measure provided for in Article 1 
shall apply for one year. 
2. The Community's contribution shall be limited to 
ECU 20 million. 
Article 3 
Articles 23, 25, 27 and 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 
797/85 shall apply to the common measure provided for 
in Article 1. 
Article 4 
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. 
O OJ No L 115, 3. 5. 1986, p. 17. 
Whereas, in the framework of the aid scheme for the 
set-aside of arable land introduced by Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 795/85 of 12 March 1985 on 
improving the efficiency of agricultural structures ('), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1094/88 (2), the 
Council has laid down that certain Member States may 
authorize the cultivation of lentils, chick-peas and 
vetches on arable land withdrawn from production 
pursuant to the abovementioned measures; whereas the 
objective of obtaining the abovementioned crops may 
also be achieved by granting an aid per hectare for areas 
at present under those crops during the period of 
application of the arrangements for the set-aside of 
arable land; whereas, as a corollary, the amount of the 
aid granted must be fixed according to the levels of aid 
paid under the arrangements laid down in Regulation 
(EEC) No 797/85; 
(') OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 106, 27. 4. 1988, p. 28. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) introducing a specific measure for certain grain 
legumes 
COM(88) 832 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 22 December 1988) 
(89/C 6/06)