14. 7. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 181/29 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION. of 2 July 1990 approving an amendment to the limits on reimbursement of expenditure incurred by Italy pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 (Only the Italian text is authentic) (90/374/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 of 6 May 1986 introducing a common measure for the encouragement of agriculture in certain less-favoured” areas of northern Italy ('), and in particular Article 7 (3) thereof, Whereas the Italian Government, pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 has forwarded to the Commission updatings of -certain programmes approved by the Commission and in particular the programmes relating to the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the Regions of. Piedmont, Lombardia and Valle d’Aosta ; Whereas the Italian Government forwarded to the Commission a recapitulatory document for each of the regions concerned, specifying the new breakdown of expenditure planned for each of the schemes referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86, in order to allow the Commission to- check the overall coherence of the common "measure ; Whereas, at the Commission’s request, the Italian authori- ties forwarded a progress report on- 13 October 1989 concerning the implementation of ‘the abovementioned schemes-; () OJ No L 128, 14. 5. 1986, p. S. Whereas, in order to accelerate agricultural development in the areas concerned, the limits laid down in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86 should be amended within the limit of the overall expenditure.- initially planned ; whereas such amendment does not affect the estimated -cost of the common measure specified in Article 6 (3) of the same Regulation ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee.on Agri- cultural Structures-and Rural Development, HAS ADOPTED THIS -DECISION : Article 1 For the purposes of updating the programmes approved - by the Commission within the framework of Regulation (EEC) No 1401/86, the limits laid down in Article 7 (2) of that Regulation are hereby amended: as follows: — the maximum eligible amount laid down in the first indent is set at ECU 94 million, — the maximum eligible amount~laid down in the second indent is set at ECU 42 million,