13.11.84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 302/5 
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Council Directive 
79/173/EEC (*), France submitted to the Commission 
a programme for the acceleration of collective irri­
gation works which was approved by the Commission 
by Decision 80/33/EEC (2); 
Whereas, to encourage efforts to assist Corsican 
farmers in preparing to meet the keener competition 
resulting from enlargement of the Community and to 
help make up time lost in the execution of the 
O OJ No L 38, 14. 2. 1979, p. 15. 
(2) OJNoL 13, 18. 1. 1980, p. 37. programme, the duration of the common measure 
should be extended until the end of 1985, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Article 5 (1) of Directive 79/173/EEC is replaced by 
the following: 
'1. The duration of the common measure shall 
run until 31 December 1985.' 
Article 2 
This Directive is addressed to the French Republic. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 269/79 establishing a 
common measure for forestry in certain Mediterranean zones of the Community 
COM(84) 5 54 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 18 October 1984) 
(84/C 302/06) 
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 Par­
liament, 
Whereas the common measure for forestry 
introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 
269/79 O, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 
2119/83 (2), has met with great interest and has 
been satisfactorily applied; whereas that common 
measure expires on 31 December 1984; 
Whereas these forestry activities, from which local 
agriculture has unquestionably gained, are but a first 
step towards improving agricultural structures 
through forestry measures in the Mediterranean 
regions of the Community, and whereas this first step 
should be continued without interruption; Whereas, in order to ensure the continuity of the 
common measure, it is appropriate to extend the 
duration of this measure until 31 December 1985 and 
to increase the physical limits to the work by 20 % in 
the light of the extension of the common measure, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 269/79 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 10 (1) and (2) are replaced by the 
following: 
'1. The limit for the duration of the common 
measure shall be 31 December 1985. 
2. The estimated cost to the fund of the 
common measure shall be 276 million ECU for the 
period envisaged'. 
2. Article 11 (2) is replaced by the following: 
O OJNoL38, 14.2. 1979, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 205, 29. 7. 1983, p. 4. '2. Aid from the Fund shall amount to 50 % of 
the cost of executing the work and the measures 
referred to in Article 2 within the following limits: 
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for afforestation, up to a maximum cost of 
2 000 units of account per hectare and up to a 
total limit of 132 000 hectares, 
for improvement of deteriorated forest in so far 
as is necessary for soil and water conservation, 
in particular by conversion and by other 
measures such as separating forest and pasture, 
up to a maximum cost of 1 700 units of 
account per hectare and up to a total limit of 
144 000 hectares, 
for associated work such as terracing and other 
minor soil stabilization operations, up to a 
maximum cost of 900 units of account per 
hectare and up to a total limit of 120 000 
hectares, 
for fire protection, especially in areas to be 
afforested and improved, up to a maximum 
cost of 100 units of account per hectare and up 
to a total limit of 300 000 hectares, for construction of forest roads, up to a 
maximum cost of 12 000 units of account per 
kilometre and up to a total limit of 3 600 
kilometres, 
for the preparatory work referred to in Article 
3 (d), up to a maximum cost of 9 million ECU 
for the five years and up to a limit of 5 % of 
the cost of each programme concerned.' 
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.