Council Directive 98/9/EC of 20 January 1998 on the list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (Denmark)
Date: 1998-01-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Denmark, aid system, crop yield, farm income, island, less-favoured agricultural area

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/9/EC

of 20 January 1998

on the list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC)
No 950/97 (Denmark)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of
20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural
structures (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof,

Whereas the total surface area of the relevant areas does
not exceed 4 % of the total surface area of the Member
State in question;

Whereas the nature and level of the above indices used
by the Government of Denmark to define the areas noti-
fied to the Commission correspond to the characteristics
of the areas affected by specific handicaps referred to in
Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (3),

Whereas the permanent natural and geographical handi-
caps existing in the Danish islands result
in higher
production and transport costs which prevent farmers in
these areas
from their production,
income on a level with that obtained by comparable
farmers elsewhere in the Member State;

from obtaining,

Whereas the Danish Government has sent the Commis-
sion, in accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 950/97, a list of islands suitable for inclusion in the
Community list of less-favoured farming areas and infor-
mation on the particular features of these areas;

Whereas, with a view to identifying the areas affected by
specific handicaps that can be deemed less-favoured areas
as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97,
all islands with an area of less than 600 km2 on which
farming
adverse natural conditions contribute to a
income below the national average have been selected;

Article 1

The list of less-favoured farming areas in Denmark shall
be that contained in the Annex to this Directive. They
shall be included in the Community list of less-favoured
farming areas within the meaning of Article 25 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 950/97.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. CUNNINGHAM

(1) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 372, 9. 12. 1997, p. 21.
(3) Opinion delivered on 14 January 1998 (not yet published in

the Official Journal).

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ANNEX

PROPOSED DANISH ISLANDS (LESS-FAVOURED AREAS)

Island name

Land area km2

UAA in hectares

1. SAMSØ (1)
2. LÆSØ
3. FANØ (3)

Sub-total: three main islands

4. AGERSØ (4) including Egholm
5. ANHOLT
6. ASKØ including Lilleø
7. AVERNAKØ
8. BARSØ
9. BIRKHOLM

10. BJØRNØ
11. BAAGØ
12. DREJØ
13. EGHOLM [Nordjyllands amt.] (*)
14. ENDELAVE
15. FEJØ (5) including SKALØ
16. FEMØ (5)
17. FUR (2)
18. HJARNØ
19. HJORTØ
20. LYØ
21. MANDØ
22. NEKSELØ
23. OMØ
24. ORØ
25. SEJERØ
26. SKARØ
27. STRYNØ
28. TUNØ (1)
29. VENØ (2)
30. (cid:143)RØ

Sub-total other islands

Total of proposal

Total DK

114,3
113,8
55,8

283,9

7,83
22,37
3,88
5,85
2,66
0,92
1,50
6,23
4,28
6,00
13,08
16,00
11,38
22,29
3,21
0,90
6,05
7,63
2,23
4,52
15,02
12,37
1,97
4,88
3,52
6,46
5,68

199

482,6

7 831
2 466
929

11 226

709
4
215
289
232
84
158
566
235
448
800
1 424
1 009
1 100
287
90
371
547
214
337
1 200
557
112
340
270
372
150

12 120

23 346

43 076,7

2 770 000

Less-favoured areas in %

1,1 %

0,84 %

4 % of 43 077 km2 = 1 723 km2

(*) Islands in the same archipelago