Directive 1977/178 - Amendment of Directive 75/271/EEC concerning the EC list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Directive
Number legal act	Directive 1977/178
Original proposal	COM(1976)657
CELEX number i	31977L0178

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Council Directive 77/178/EEC of 14 February 1977 amending Directive 75/271/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France)

Official Journal L 058 , 03/03/1977 P. 0022 - 0045

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 14 February 1977 amending Directive 75/271/EEC concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (77/178/EEC)

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), as amended by Directive 76/400/EEC (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3),

Whereas, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the Government of the French Republic has communicated to the Commission 31 areas which, within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of the said Directive, are suitable for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas, and the information concerning the characteristics of these areas;

Whereas 25 less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC, are homogeneous from the point of view of natural production conditions;

Whereas the following indices, relating to the presence of infertile land as referred to in Article 3 (4) (a) of Directive 75/268/EEC, have been utilized : final agricultural production per hectare of utilized agricultural area not exceeding 80 % of the national average, or livestock density less than one livestock unit per forage hectare, this latter index being used only when the proportion of forage area in relation to the utilized agricultural area is greater than 50 %;

Whereas economic farming results appreciably lower than the mean, as referred to in Article 3 (4) (b) of Directive 75/268/EEC, have been calculated using the index reflecting gross farm income per annual family labour unit less than 80 % of the national average;

Whereas, as regards the low population predominantly dependent on agricultural activity, as referred to in Article 3 (4) (c) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the following indices have been utilized : population density per square kilometre less than 50 % of the national average (94) and a proportion of at least 15 % of the working population engaged in agriculture as a percentage of the total working population;

Whereas, for purposes of defining the six small areas affected by specific handicaps and which, under Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC, may be assimilated to less-favoured farming areas, the principal criterion applied was the existence of unfavourable natural conditions of production - namely poor soil potential, poor drainage conditions, presence of steep slopes, excessive levels of salinity - and of handicaps resulting from constraints relating to conservation of the countryside, preservation of the tourist potential and the insular nature of certain areas ; whereas a further criterion adopted was that the total extent of (1) OJ No L 128, 19.5.1975, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 108, 26.4.1976, p. 21. (3) Opinion delivered on 11 February 1977 (not yet published in the Official Journal). these areas, taking into account those already included in the Community list under Article 3 (5), should not exceed 2 75 % of the area of the Member State concerned;

Whereas the nature and level of the abovementioned indices utilized by the Government of the French Republic to define the two classes of area communicated to the Commission correspond to the characteristics of less-favoured areas and of areas affected by specific handicaps as referred to in Article 3 (4) and (5) respectively of Directive 75/268/EEC;

Whereas the communication from the...

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