No L 347/64 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 12. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 July 1987 on the redesignation of assisted areas in Denmark on 1 January 1987 (only the Danish text is authentic) (87/573/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subpara- graph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having given notice to the parties concerned to submit their comments as provided in Article 93, Whereas : 1. The Danish Law of 13 March 1985 (") provides for a distinction between two categories of regions eligible for aid : priority assisted areas where aid can be granted up to 35 % gross (25 % net grant equivalent) and normal assisted areas where the maximum intensity of aid is 25 % gross (16,9 nge). The areas concerned were those approved for a five- year period by the Commission Decision 82/691/ EEC (3. 2. By letter dated 9 October 1986, the Danish Govern- ment notified to the Commission the redesignation of regional development areas for a five-year period from (") Approved by the Commission on 20 February 1985. () OJ No L 290, 14. 10. 1982, p. 39. 1 January 1987. To classify areas in one of the two categories, the Danish Government has used a ranking of all Danish areas by the Danish Regional Develop- ment Council. The ranking of the Council was based, as in 1981, on the division of Denmark into the groups of districts (‘kommuner) specified in the Regional and National Planning Act. These groups, numbered from 1 to 59, each contain 1 to 16 districts and their population varies between 11665 and 350 789 inhabitants. For each of them a synthetic index as calculated composed of five indicators: the proportion of the total population aged 20 to 66 on 1 January 1985, average actvity rate in 1980-1982-1984 expressed as a proportion of the number insured against unemployment, average taxable income per taxable person in 1983, and employment both in the public and private service sector and in manufacturing industry (excluding building and construction, the extractive industries and public utilities) in November 1983. Before being added up, the five indicators were corrected for their standard deviation and a double weighting was given to employment and income. Alternative indices were also calculated adding up the five indicators without any double weighting and with a double weighting for employment only, to compare possible changes in ranking. The ranking showed that since 1982 the trend had been positive in most of the aided areas.