98/280/EC: Commission Decision of 8 April 1998 amending the boundaries of the mountain areas in France within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (Only the French text is authentic)
Date: 1998-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, agricultural structure, less-favoured agricultural area, mountain region, utilised agricultural area

29. 4. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 127/29

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 April 1998

amending the boundaries of the mountain areas in France within the meaning of
Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97

(Only the French text is authentic)

(98/280/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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(3) thereof,

by Commission Decision

last
as
Whereas Council Directive 75/271/EEC (2),
amended
97/158/EC (3),
concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming
areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 950/97
(France), lists the areas in France defined as mountain
areas within the meaning of Article 23 of Regulation (EC)
No 950/97 and the specific criteria which resulted in
their being so defined;

Whereas the French Government notified the Commis-
sion, in accordance with Article 21(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 950/97, of new areas likely to be included on the
Community list of mountain areas and provided informa-
tion on their characteristics; whereas, furthermore, the
special aid scheme existing in the mountain areas will be
extended to the new areas;

Whereas, as the above notification indicates, some areas
meet criteria and indices
in Council Directive 76/
401/EEC (4) used to identify the areas covered by Article
23 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97; whereas the areas in
question must therefore be included in the Community

list of mountain areas within the meaning of Article 23 of
Regulation (EC) No 950/97;

Whereas these amendments do not increase the utilised
agricultural area of the less-favoured areas in France by
more than 1,5 % because the areas are already classed as
less-favoured pursuant to Article 24 of Regulation (EC)
No 950/97;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on
Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community list of mountain areas in France in the
Annex to Directive 75/271/EEC is supplemented by the
list in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 8 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 33.
(3) OJ L 60, 1. 3. 1997, p. 64.
(4) OJ L 108, 26. 4. 1976, p. 22.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29. 4. 98

ANNEX

Mountain areas pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97

Region

Department

Canton

Municipality

AQUITAINE

Pyr(cid:130)n(cid:130)es-Atlantiques

Hasparren

(cid:190) Saint-Martin-d’Arberoue

Hendaye

Iholdy

Labastide-Clairence

Lasseube

(cid:190) Biriatou

(cid:190) Iholdy

(cid:190) Ayherre
(cid:190) Isturits
(cid:190) Labastide-Clairence

(cid:190) Aubertin
(cid:190) Lasseubetat

Saint-Palais

(cid:190) Or(cid:138)gue

Total area
(ha)

1 469

1 104

2 163

2 765
1 360
2 339

1 716
706

3 643

UAA
(ha)

1 033

150

1 371

1 383
478
1 439

694
459

1 876