COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/66/EEC of 19 July 1993 amending Directive 81/645/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Greece)
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), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),
Whereas Directive 81/645/EEC (4) lays down the areas in Greece which are included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas the Greek Government has requested, in accordance with Article 2 (2) of Directive 75/268/EEC, that the Community list of less-favoured areas given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC be amended;
Whereas the new areas to be included in the list comply with the criteria and figures applied pursuant to Directive 85/148/EEC (5) to determine areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;
Whereas it has been decided that the new areas to be classified as areas affected by specific handicaps as referred to in Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC are the border areas within the meaning of Directive 81/645/EEC, which requires the reclassification of areas already classified as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) in order to create homogeneous agricultural border areas;
Whereas the combined area of the areas in question does not exceed 4 % of the area of the Member State concerned;
Whereas the amendment requested by the Greek Government represents 2,5 % of the utilized agricultural area of Greece; whereas, as a result of this request, the amendment to Directive 81/645/EEC involves an increase of more than 1,5 % of the utilized agricultural area in Greece,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
The list of less-favoured areas in Greece given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC is hereby supplemented and amended in accordance with the list given in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.
Done at Brussels, 19 July 1993.