No L 194/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 7. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 June 1987 concerning reductions in air and sea transport fares available only to Spanish nationals resident in the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (87/359/CEE) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 90 (1) and (3) thereof, Whereas : 1. By Decree-Law No 22/62 of 14 June 1962 (') and Law No 46/81 of 29 December 1981 (¥, Spain intro- duced special arrangements relating to transport under which certain persons tavelling between conti- nental Spain and the Canary and Balearic Islands are granted reductions in fares for air and sea transport. 2. Under Article 2 of Decree-Law No 22/62 concerning air links with the Canary Islands, provision is made for a State subsidy amounting to 33 % of the price for tickets on scheduled passenger services on that route. Article 3 of the Decree-Law requires transport undertakings receiving the subsidy to reduce the price of their tickets by the same amount. 3. Pursuant to Law 46/81 concerning air and sea links with the Balearic Islands, provision is similarly made for a State subsidy allowing reduced fares to be charged on scheduled transport services between the archipelago and the rest of the national territory. As (") Boletin Oficial del Estado No 143, 15. 6. 1962. (® Boletin Oficial del Estado No 312, 30. 12. 1981. provided in Article 2 of the Law, the reduction in fares amounts to 25 % of the fare for sailings between the archipelago and the rest of Spain and to 10 % of the fare for sailings between islands within the archi- pelago. Articles 3 and 4 of the Law provide that the relevant underakings, which are required to grant the reductions in fares, will be reimbursed by the Stae for the resulting loss of revenue. 4. Article 1 of Decree-Law No 22/62 expressly provides " that the State subsidies for air transport services to and from the Canary Islands are applicable only to tickets used by Spanish nationals resident in the Islands. Similarly, Article 1 of Law No 46/81 provides that only Spanish nationals resident in the Balearic Islands are eligible for the reductions in fares. 5. The special arrangements regarding transport laid down by Decree-Law No 22/62 and Law No 46/81 were again clearly stated in Article 1 of Royal Decree No 3269/82 of 12 November 1982 (3). This stipulates that the reductions in fares for scheduled passenger transport services provided for in Decree-Law No 22/62 and Law No 46/81 and granted through the intermediary of the publicly owned transport compa- nies are to be available only to Spanish nationals who, at the time of purchasing their tickets, can provide evidence that they are resident in the provinces of the Balearic Islands, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. () Boletin Oficial del Estado No 287, 30..11. 1982.