31. 10. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 305/53 COMMISSION DECISION of 22 October 1986 . on the improvement of the efficiency of agricultural structures in the United Kingdom pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (Only the English text is authentic) (86/522/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 of 12 March 1985 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures ('), and in particular Article 25 (3) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 72/159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms(?), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 24 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85, the United Kingdom Government notified the following regulations and administrative provisions : — Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1025 on the Agricul- ture and Horticulture Development (Amendment) Regulations 1985, — Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1029 on the Agricul- . ture Improvement Scheme 1985, — Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1266 on the Agricul- ture Improvement Regulations 1985, — Decision of the Minister of Agriculture of 1 October 1985 pursuant to Article 14 of the Agriculture Improvement Regulations 1985 ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/8S and, as regards the period from 1 January to 30 September 1985, pursuant to Article 18 (3) of Directive 72/159/BEEC, the Commission has to decide whether the aforementioned provisions conform to the latter Regu- lation and Directive and, given the objectives of the latter and the necessary connection between the various measures, the conditions for a Community financial contribution are satisfied ; Whereas Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1025 satisfies the conditions and objectives of Directive 72/159/EEC; () OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 96, 23. 4. 1972, p. 1. Whereas Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1266 and the Decision of 1 October 1985 satisfy the conditions and objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85; Whereas, however, this appraisal is made subject to clarifi- cation, by means of administrative provisions, of the conditions for the application of Article 8 of the Instru- ment in question so that an approved improvement plan cannot be arbitrarily changed or withdrawn ; Whereas Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1029 complies with the provisions of Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 with the exception of the aids of up to 60 % in mountainous areas, relating in particular to investments in the field of environmental protection and improve- ment ; whereas in view of the marginal nature of such aids, however, they cannot affect the eligibility of the measures taken in implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85; Whereas the EAGGF (European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund) Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structure, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : . Article 1 1.  Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1025 fulfils the conditions for a Community financial contribution to the common measure referred to in Article 15 of Directive 72/159/EEC. 2. Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1029 and Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1266 as well as the Decision of the Minister of Agriculture of 1 October 1985 fulfil the conditions for a Community financial contribution to the common measure referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 subject to a clarification, by means of administrative provisions, of the conditions for the appli- cation of Article 8 of Statutory Instrument 1985 No 1266.