Document ID: 31989D0566

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COMMISSION DECISION
of 16 October 1989
adjusting the boundaries of less-favoured areas, within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC, in Spain
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(89/566/EEC)
THE COMMISSION 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) No 797/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Spain) (3), specifies the regions in Spain which qualify as less-favoured Community areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Spanish Government has, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, applied for an adjustment of the boundaries of the less-favoured areas listed in the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC;
Whereas the inclusion of new communes in the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC and the transfer of certain areas already listed as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of that Directive to the list of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of the said Directive are in accordance with the indices and the values used in Directive 86/466/EEC for defining the areas in question;
Whereas the adjustments requested by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not have the combined effect of increasing the utilized agricultural area of all the listed areas by more than 1,5 % of the total utilized agricultural area in Spain; whereas the said limit laid down in that Article has accordingly been complied with; whereas, moreover, the adjustments applied for pursuant to Article 3 (5) of the said Directive have the effect of reducing the area listed in respect of the Article; whereas the limit of 4 % of the total area continues to be complied with;
Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
With effect from 1 January 1989 the list of less-favoured areas in Spain, as set out in the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC, is hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain.
Done at Brussels, 16 October 1989.

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