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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:

Article 1

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

Article 2

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 // // //