31.12. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 382/23 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 December 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (France) (86/655/EEC) THE COUNCIL 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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (2), and.in particular Article 2 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Whereas Council Directive 75/271/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (?), supplemented by Directives 76/401/EEC (%), 76/631/EEC (¢) and 77/178/EEC (7), listed the areas of the French Republic designated as less-favoured within the meaning of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Directive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the Government of the French Republic has, pursuant to Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, requested the Commission to extend the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of that Directive on the basis of the criteria set out in Directive 75/271/EEC; Whereas the request concerns the classification of 474 421 hectares, of which 237 985 hectares fall under Article 3 (4), and 236 436 hectares under Article 3 (5), of Directive 75/268/EEC; (1) O] NoL 128,19.5.1975, p. 1. (2) O] No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. (3) Opinion delivered on 12 December 1986 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () O] No L.128, 19. 5. 1985, p. 33. (5) O] No L 108, 26. 4. 1976, p. 22. (5) OJ No L 223, 16. 8. 1976, p. 7. (7) O No L 58, 3.3.1977, p. 22. Whereas the two types of area notified to the Commission meet the conditions of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; whereas the first concerns less-favoured areas in danger of depopulation, in which the conservation of the countryside is necessary and which are homogeneous from the point of view of natural production conditions, and the second concerns areas suffering specific handicaps and thus they both meet the required characteristics Whereas, according to the information supplied by the Member State concerned, these areas have adequate infrastructures, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The areas in the territory of the French Republic listed in the Annex are hereby added to the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC. Article 2 This Directive is addressed to the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 18 December 1986. For the Council The President M. JOPLING