CELEX: 51988PC0037
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 75/275/EEC CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY LIST OF LESS-FAVOURED FARMING AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC ( NETHERLANDS )

26. 4. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 109/7
 3.     The non-governmental organizations must meet the                                      Article 4
 following criteria:
                                                                     Decisions granting contributions for emergency aid or
 (a) they must have a status which is characteristic of this         aid amounting to 500 000 ECU or less shall be taken by
      type of organization;                                          the Commission, which shall inform the Member States.
 (b) they must have their headquarters in a Member State                                      Article 5
      of the Community or, in exceptional cases, in a non-           1.    Decisions determining the conditions governing the
      member country;                                                use of such contributions shall be taken by the
                                                                     Commission.
 (c) they must demonstrate their capacity to implement
      successfully the type of operation covered by this             2.    Aid shall be granted only to recipients who
      Regulation.                                                    undertake to comply with the implementing conditions
                                                                     notified to them by the Commission.
                             Article 2                                                        Article 6
 1.    The Community contribution may cover the                     The Commission may authorize an agent to conclude
purchase in the Community or in developing or other                 purchase contracts on its behalf.
non-member countries of food products or seeds and the
cost of transporting them to their destination.                                               Article 7
                                                                    The European Parliament and the Council shall be
2.     The amount of the Community contribution
                                                                    informed of decisions taken in accordance with Articles
towards the purchase and transport of food products or
                                                                     3 and 4 as soon as they are adopted.
seeds shall be a minimum of 25 % and a maximum of
75 % of the total cost of the operation.                                                      Article 8
                                                                    The Commission shall take all measures necessary for
                             Article 3                              the proper performance of the operations provided for
Decisions granting a contribution towards the purchase              under this Regulation.
of food products or seeds by non-governmental organiz-              The Member States shall assist the Commission in this
ations or international bodies shall be taken by the                respect, in particular by supplying all necessary infor-
Commission after consulting the Committee set up by                 mation.
Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 and in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8                                        Article 9
(2) of that Regulation.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
The said Committee may examine any other matter
                                                                    European Communities.
concerning the implementation of the operations which
is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
the request of a Member State representative.                       directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community
               list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
                                                        COM(88) 37 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 April 1988)
                                                          (88/C 109/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            certain less-favoured areas ('), as last amended by Regu-
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2
                                                                    (2) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Economic Community,
                                                                    Having regard      to   the   opinion    of the   European
                                                                    Parliament,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28                 (') OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.
April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in              (2) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 109/8                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 26. 4. 88
Whereas Council Directive 75/275/EEC ('), as last                   concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of
amended by Commission Decision 87/462/EEC (2),                      Directive 75/268/EEC;
specifies the areas in the Netherlands which appear in
the Community list of less-favoured areas within the               Whereas, moreover, the aggregate total area concerned
meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;                   does not exceed 4 % of the entire area of the
                                                                    Netherlands,
Whereas the Netherlands Government has requested,
pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, that             HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
the Community list of the areas in question, as set out in
the Annex to Directive 75/275/EEC, be amended as set                                           Article 1
out in the Annex to this Directive;
                                                                   The list of less-favoured areas in the Netherlands which
Whereas the new areas in the list comply with the                  is set out in the Annex to Directive 72/275/EEC is
criteria and the figures applied pursuant to Directive             hereby replaced by that shown in the Annex hereto.
75/275/EEC for the purposes of determining the areas
                                                                                               Article 2
O OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 229.                                This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of the
(2) OJ No L 252, 3. 9. 1987, p. 21.                                Netherlands.
                                                            ANNEX
                        Less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC
                          Province                       Number of areas                       Area (ha)
             Groningen                                          9                                3 255
             Friesland                                         20                                6617
             Drenthe                                           12                                4 700
             Overijssel                                        21                                7 071
             Gelderland                                        17                                3 050
             Utrecht                                            8                                2 335
             Noord-Holland                                     11                                6 145
             Zuid-Holland                                      11                                4 057
             Zeeland                                           12                                1 227
             Noord-Brabant                                     14                                4 863
             Limburg                                            4                                4 897
                                       Total                  139                               48 217