CELEX: 51992PC0384
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-11
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)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            C0M(92) 384 final
                                            Brussels, 11 September 1992
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                             Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
      amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the community list
                     of leas-favoured farming areas
       within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
                     (presented by the Commission)
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                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Pursuant to Council Directive 88/403/EEC,1 48 217 ha, or 1.4% of the area
of the Netherlands, is classified under Article 3(5) of Council Directive
75/268/EEC2 as less-favoured agricultural areas affected by specific
handicaps.
This application concerns a further 62 698 ha, which will increase the
classified area to 110 915 ha, or 3.3% of the national territory.
Introduction of a compensatory allowance in the new areas will increase
expenditure from the EAGGF Guidance Section by ECU 1.24 million per year
(see details in annexed financial statement).
Most of the 6 877 holdings in these areas produce milk so that
classification can be expected to reduce revenue from the co-responsibility
levy by ECU 760 000 only for the milkyear 1992.
1  OJ No L 19 5, 23.7.19 88, p. 72.
2  OJ No L 128, 19.5.1975, p. 1.
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                              COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                Of       1992
       amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community list of
              less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of
                     Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain
and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas(*), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2328/91,<2) and in particular Article 2(2)
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission^3),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(4),
Whereas Directive 75/275/EEc(5), as last amended by commission Decision
88/403/EEC,(6) specifies the areas in the Netherlands which appear in the
Community list of less-favoured areaB within the meaning of Article 3(5) of
Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Netherlands Government has requested, pursuant to Article 2(1)
of Directive 75/268/EEC, an amendment to the list annexed to
Directive 75/275/EEC in accordance with the annex to this Directive;
(1) OJ No L 128, 19.5.1975, p.l.
(2) OJ NO L 218, 6.8.1991, p.l.
(3) OJ
(4) OJ
(5) OJ No L 273, 24.9.1986, p.04.
(6) OJ No L 195, 23.7.1988, p.72.
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Whereas the new areas to appear in the list comply with the criteria and
the figures applied pursuant to Directive 75/275/EEC for the purposes of
determining the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3(5) of
Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas, for the definition of the areas affected by specific handicaps
referred to in Article 3(5) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the criteria for
island areas were the existence of unfavourable natural conditions (high
winds, excessive local salinity, low potential and poor drainage) and
constraints arising from the need to preserve landscapes and maintain the
rural environment and the tourist nature of the area in question;
whereas the aggregate total area concerned does not exceed 4% of the entire
area of the Netherlands,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                 Article 1
The Annex to Directive 75/275/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex attached
hereto.
                                 Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Done at Brussels,
                                                        For the Council
                                                        The President
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                                   ANNEX
Less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Directive
75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
        Province                         No of areas         Area (UAA)
Groningen                                13                      3  883
Friesland                                39                     18 901
Drenthe                                  21                      6  810
Overijssel                               30                     11  534
Gelderland                               32                     25 353
Flevoland
Utrecht                                  23                      5 983
Noord-Holland                            24                      9 253
Zuid-Holland                             20                      9 154
Zeeland                                  16                      2 484
Noord-Brabant                            23                      9 367
Limburg                                  11                      8.193
TOTAL                                    252                     110 915
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                            FINANCIAL STATEMENT
                                 concerning
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)
1.      Budget heading (1992 nomenclature)
        B2-1012: Objective 5(a) (differentiated appropriations).
2.      Legal basis;  Article 43 of the Treaty.
3.      Description of the measure;
        Increase in less-favoured areas by applying appropriate current
        criteria.
        The population concerned by this increase is the rural population
        of these areas.
4.      Classification of expenditure;   Non-compulsory
5.      Nature of expenditure; Part-financing of eligible expenditure at
        the rate of 25% on the basis of current rules.
6.      Financial impact on appropriations for assistance
6.1     Method of calculation of total cost
        The increase in the areas will increase the number of LU•s
        receiving a premium and hence expenditure under the compensatory
        allowance calculated as follows: 62 000 LU x ECU 80/LU x 25% * ECU
        1.24 million per year.
6.2     indicative schedule of commitment and payment appropriations
              Year                       Commitment and payment
                                         appropriations (ECU million)
              1992
              1993                             1.24
              1994                             1.24
              1995                             1.24
              1996                             1.24
              1997                             1.24
                Total 1993-97                  6.20
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                        COST/EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Objectives and purpose of the measure
The areas which it is intended to classify as less-favoured and mountain
and hill areas have been selected on the basis of the criteria currently in
force under Directive 75/275/EEC.
The request by the Netherlands does not alter these criteria but proposes
classification of the areas concerned.
The Commission is required to consider this request in the light of the
criteria and forward it to the Council. There is no alternative course of
action and it is not strictly speaking a new measure.
Consistency with financial programming
In 1993 the measure can be financed from appropriations in the 1993
preliminary draft budget.
In future years the expenditure will have to be taken into consideration in
the new framework to be adopted for 1994-97.
Monitoring and assessment of the measure
Since the measure involves structural assistance, Articles 25 and 26 of
Regulation (EEC) No 4235/88 apply.
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