THAT THE COMMISSION DECIDES UPON FOR THE PILOT ACTION SHALL NOT BIND THE COMMUNITY AS REGARDS THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE AREAS IN WHICH THE INTEGRATED MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMMES ARE TO BE CARRIED OUT .
ARTICLE 6
THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1983 .
FOR THE COMMISSION
LORENZO NATALI
VICE-PRESIDENT
ANNEX 1
PREPARATORY PILOT ACTION IN AN AGRICULTURAL AREA OF THE ISLAND OF LESBOS PREFECTURE OF LESBOS , GREECE
1 . TITLE
PILOT ACTION IN AN AGRICULTURAL PART OF THE ISLAND OF LESBOS IN PREPARATION FOR THE INTEGRATED MEDITERRANEAN PROGRAMMES .
2 . GENERAL PURPOSE
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THIS PILOT ACTION ARE TO
- IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION , WHICH IS ACCOUNTED FOR ALMOST ENTIRELY BY OLIVE GROWING AND SHEEP AND GOAT FARMING , AND PROTECT THE ISLAND'S FOREST RESOURCES ,
- HELP THE FISHERY SECTOR EXPLOIT THE FISHERY RESOURCES OF THE AREA ,
- DEVELOP THE PROCESSING AND SERVICES SECTOR , BY DEVELOPING SMUS , FARM-BASED INDUSTRIES , CRAFT INDUSTRY AND TOURISM ,
- DEVELOP GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURES , ESPECIALLY COMMUNICATIONS .
A BROAD SPECTRUM OF ACTIVITIES IS PROPOSED , WHICH WILL PROVIDE CORROBORATION OF THE CHOICES MADE , THE COHERENCE OF THE MEASURES AND THE CAPACITY OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER BODIES TO IMPLEMENT THEM .
3 . THE AREA COVERED AND ITS GENERAL FEATURES
THE PREFECTURE OF LESBOS IS MADE UP BY THE ISLANDS OF LESBOS , LIMNOS AND AYIOS EFSTRATIOS . ITS AREA IS 2 154 KM2 AND THE POPULATION IS 104 620 ( 1981 ) . FROM 1975 TO 1981 THE POPULATION INCREASED BY 8,9 % BUT ITS DENSITY IS STILL LOW ( 49 PER KM2 ) .
OF THE PREFECTURE'S AREA , 15,1 % IS MOUNTAIN , 38,1 % HILL AND 46,8 % LOWLAND AND SHORELAND , MUCH AFFECTED BY SPECIAL HANDICAPS ( FRONTIER REGION ) .
SOME 39 % OF THE LAND AREA OF LESBOS ITSELF IS CULTIVATED AND , OF THIS AREA , SOME 70 % IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY TREE CROPS , MAINLY OLIVES , WHICH ARE THE MAIN FACTOR IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL ECONOMY OF THE ISLAND .
SHEEP AND GOAT FARMING ALSO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY . THE AVERAGE SIZE OF HOLDING IS 3 HA AND HARDLY 8 % OF THE ISLAND'S CULTIVATED LAND IS IRRIGATED .
AGRICULTURE AND FISHING EMPLOY 58 % OF THE WORKFORCE ( AS AGAINST 18 % IN THE SECONDARY SECTOR AND 24 % IN THE TERTIARY ) BUT THE PRIMARY SECTOR PROVIDES ONLY 25 % OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ( SECONDARY SECTOR 20 % , TERTIARY SECTOR 55 % ) .
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN AN INLAND PART OF THE ISLAND , TO THE SOUTH OF THE ROAD FROM MITILINI TO KALONI ( EPARCHY OF PLOMARI AND A PART OF THE EPARCHY OF MITILINI , BETWEEN THE GULFS OF YERA AND KALONI ) .
4 . OPERATIONS
IN THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1983 TO DECEMBER