91/26/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1990 amending the limits of the less-favoured areas in the Federal Republic of Germany within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the German text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION  of 18 December 1990  amending the limits of the less-favoured areas in the Federal Republic of Germany within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC  (Only the German text is authentic)  (91/26/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 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 86/465/EEC of 14 July 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Germany) (3), as last amended by Directive 89/586/EEC (4), describes the regions of the Federal  Republic of Germany included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, requested a change in the limits of the less-favoured areas given in the Annex to Directive 86/465/EEC;
Whereas the inclusion of the new communes in the lists concerning the areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC respects the indices and values used by Directive 86/465/EEC to delimit the respective areas;
Whereas the total changes requested by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany under Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC will not increase the utilized agricultural area in the less-favoured areas as a whole;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,