26.6.91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 162/11 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1709/91 of 13 June 1991 fixing the aid for small producers of certain arable crops sown in the 1991/92 marketing year THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1346/90 of 14 May 1990 instituting aid for small producers of certain arable crops (1), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (*), Whereas the aim of the aid for small producérs of certain arable crops is to alleviate the effects of the stabilizers on the income of the small producers in question; whereas the natural conditions prevailing in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas of the Community contribute towards a lower average income for the producers in the areas concerned than that for producers in the rest of the Community; whereas account should be taken of this when the aid is fixed; whereas, to that end, the aid should be " maintained at the same level, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 For areas sown in the 1991/92 marketing year, the aid provided for in Articlel (2) of Regulaton (EEC) No 1346/90 shall be: — ECU 50 per hectare in mountain and hill areas and in the less-favoured areas referred to in Council Directive 75/268/EEC of 28 April 1975 on mountain- and hill-farming and farming in certain less-favoured areas (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (), - — ECU 30 per hectare in the rest of the Corﬁmunity’. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. ' It shall apply from 1 July 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. . Done at Luxembourg, 13 June 1991. (1) O] No L 134, 28. 5. 1990, p. 10. (2) OJ No C 49, 28. 2. 1990, p. 12. (3) OJ No C158,17. 6. 1991, (*) O] No C159,17. 6. 1991. For the Council The President A. BODRY () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1.