97/306/EC: Commission Decision of 18 April 1997 adjusting the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Spain within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Spanish text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 18 April 1997 adjusting the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Spain within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/306/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (3), as last amended by Directive 91/465/EEC (4), identifies the parts of Spain included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Spanish Government has requested, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, modification of the boundaries of the less-favoured areas listed in the Annexes to Directive 86/466/EEC and to Commission Decision 89/566/EEC (5) in order to take account of administrative changes in the areas concerned;
Whereas the inclusion of new communes in the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC and the transfer of certain communes from the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) thereof to the list of areas within the meaning of the said Article 3 (3) respect the indices and values used, as stated in Directive 86/466/EEC, to demarcate the respective areas;
Whereas the amendments sought by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not result in an increase in the utilized agricultural area of the less-favoured areas and thus do not affect the limit set in that Article;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,