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Council Directive 88/403/EEC of 18 July 1988 amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands) Official Journal L 195 , 23/07/1988 P. 0072 - 0073

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

of 18 July 1988

amending Directive 75/275/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Netherlands)

(88/403/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 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 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4);

Whereas Directive 75/275/EEC (5), as last amended by Commission Decision 87/462/EEC (6), specifies the areas in the Netherlands which appear in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas the Netherlands Government has requested, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, an amendment to that list;

Whereas the new areas to appear in the list comply with the criteria and the figures applied pursuant to Directive 75/275/EEC for the purposes of determing the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas, moroever, the aggregate total area concerned does not exceed 4 % of the entire area of the Netherlands,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article1¶

The Annex to Directive 75/275/EEC is hereby replaced by the Annex attached hereto.

Article2¶

This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 18 July 1988.

For the Council

The President

Y. POTTAKIS

(1) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.

(3) OJ No C 109, 26. 4. 1988, p. 7.

(4) Opinion delivered on 17 June 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(5) OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 229.

(6) OJ No L 252, 3. 9. 1987, p. 21.

ANNEX

LESS-FAVOURED AREAS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 3 (5) OF DIRECTIVE 75/268/EEC

1.2.3 // // // // Province // Number of areas // Area (ha) // // // // Groningen // 9 // 3 255 // Friesland // 20 // 6 617 // Drente // 12 // 4 700 // Overijssel // 21 // 7 071 // Gelderland // 17 // 3 050 // Utrecht // 8 // 2 335 // Noord-Holland // 11 // 6 145 // Zuid-Holland // 11 // 4 057 // Zeeland // 12 // 1 227 // Noord-Brabant // 14 // 4 863 // Limburg // 4 // 4 897 // // // // Total // 139 // 48 217 // // //