25. 10. 89. Official Journal of the European Communities No L 308/23 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 October 1989 adjusting the boundaries of less-favoured areas, within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC, in Spain (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (89/566/EEC) THE COMMISSION 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(!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (3, and in particular Article 2 (3) -thereof, Whereas Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Spain) (), specifies the regions in Spain which qualify as less-favoured Community areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the Spanish Government has, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, applied for an adjustment of the boundaries of the less-favoured areas listed in- the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC; Whereas the inclusion of new communes in the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC and the transfer of certain-areas already listed as areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of that Directive to the list of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) of the said Directive are in accordance with -the indices and the values used in Directive 86/466/EEC for defining the areas in question Whereas the adjustments requested by the Spanish Government pursuant to Article 2 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not have the combined effect of increasing the utilized agricultural area of all the listed t () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 104. areas by more-than 1,5 % of the total utilized agricultural area in Spain ; whereas the said limit laid down in that Article has accordingly been complied with; whereas, moreover, the adjustments applied for: pursuant to Article 3 (5) of the said Directive have the effect of reducing the area listed in respect of the Article ; whereas the limit of 4 % of the total arca continues to be complied with ; Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 With effect from 1 January 1989 the list of less-favoured areas in Spain, as set out in the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC, is hereby amended as shown in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 16 October 1989. For.the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission