Council Directive 86/655/EEC of 18 December 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France)

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE
of 18 December 1986
converning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within  the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France)
(86/655/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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) N° 797/85 (2), and  in particular Article 2 (2) thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas Council Directive 75/271/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of  less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (4), supplemented by  Directives 76/401/EEC (5), 76/631/EEC (6) and 77/178/EEC (7), listed the areas of the French  Republic designated as less-favoured within the meaning of Article 3, 4 and 5 of Directive  75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Government of the French Republic has, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive  75/268/EEC, requested the Commission to extend the Community list of less-favoured farming areas  within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of that Directive on the basis of the criteria set out in  Directive 75/271/EEC;
Whereas the request concerns the classificaton of 474 421 hectares, of which 237 985 hectares fall  under Article 3 (4), and 236 436 hectares under Article 3 (5), of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the two types of area notified to the Commission meet the conditions of Article 3 (4) and  (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; whereas the first concerns less-favoured areas in danger of  depopulation, in which the conservation of the countryside is necessary and which are homogeneous  from the point of view of natural production conditions, and the second concerns areas suffering  specific handicaps and thus they both meet the required characteristics;
Whereas, according to the information supplied by the Member State concerned, these areas have  adequate infrastructures,