91/25/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1990 altering the limits of the less-favoured areas in the United Kingdom within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the English text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION  of 18 December 1990  altering the limits of the less-favoured areas in the United Kingdom within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC  (Only the English text is authentic)  (91/25/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 84/169/EEC of 28 February 1984 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (United Kingdom) (3) describes the regions of the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom has requested, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, alterations to the limits of the less-favoured areas in the Annex to Directive 84/169/EEC;
Whereas the inclusion of new municpalities in the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC meets the criteria adopted by Directive 84/169/EEC for the delimitation of the respective areas;
Whereas all the alterations requested by the Government of the United Kingdom under Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC combined do not entail an increase in the utilized agricultural area of all the less-favoured areas together which exceeds 1,5 % of  the total utilized agricultural area of the United Kingdom; whereas the limit set in the said Article is therefore respected;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,