No L 184/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.7.93 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL 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 establ:shmg the European Economic Commumty, Having regard to Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain and hill farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas ('), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission O, Having regard to the . opinion of the European Par- liament (3), Whereas Directive 81/645/EEC (¥) 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 ac- cordance 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 (%) 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 clas- sified 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 () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1). (3 OJ No C 136, 15. 5. 1993, p. 6. (*) Opinion delivered on 25 _]une 1993 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 238, 24. 8. 1981, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive 85/148/EEC (OJ No L 56, 25. 2. 1985, p. 1). () OJ No L 56, 25. 2. 1985, p. 1). areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) in order to create homo- geneous 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 Govern- ment represents 2,5 % of the utilized agricultural area of Greece ; whereas, ‘as a result of this request, the amend- ment to Directive 81/645/EEC involves an increase of more than 1,5% of the utilized agﬂcultural 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 lxst given in the Annex hereto. . Article 2 This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. Done at Brussels, 19 July 1993. For the Council The President A. BOURGEOIS