97/172/EC: Commission Decision of 10 February 1997 amending the boundaries 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 10 February 1997 amending the boundaries 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) (97/172/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 86/465/EEC (3) concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC, as last amended by Directive 92/92/EEC (4), lays down the areas in the Federal Republic of Germany which qualify as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the German Government has requested, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, an amendment of the borders of the less-favoured areas listed in the Annexes to Commission Decision 93/226/EEC (5) and Commission Decision 95/6/EC (6) to take account of administrative changes in the areas concerned;
Whereas the administrative transfer of areas included on the list of areas covered by Articles 3 to 5 of Directive 75/268/EEC does not alter the borders of listed areas complying with the criteria and figures, including the special criteria, for the delimitation of those areas laid down in Directive 86/465/EEC;
Whereas the amendments requested by the German Government pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not increase the total utilized agricultural area of the less-favoured areas and do not, therefore, affect the limit laid down in that Article;
Whereas, in the interests of clarity, the complete list of less-favoured areas given in the Annex to Decision 93/226/EEC, as supplemented by the Annex to Decision 95/6/EC, should be republished;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,