Council Directive of 18 July 1988 amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 18 July 1988
amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)
(88/403/EEC)
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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (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 87/462/EEC (6), specifies the areas in the Netherlands which appear in the Community list of less-favoured areas 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 that list;
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 determing the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas, moroever, the aggregate total area concerned does not exceed 4 % of the entire area of the Netherlands,