25. 2. 81 No L 50/21 Official Journal of the European Communities (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 January 1981 ad]ustlng the boundaries of less-favoured areas within the meanlng of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Ireland) (Only the English text is authentic) (81/47/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 Directive 80/666/EEC (2), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, ‘ Whereas Council Directive 75/272/EEC of 28 April 1975 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Ireland) (), as amended by Commission Decision 77/5/EEC (%), identifies the areas in Ireland included in the Community list of less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC; ) Whereas the Government of Ireland has applied under Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC: ] — for adjustment of the boundaries of the areas listed in the Annex to Directive 75/272/EEC, as shown in the Annex hereto; — for inclusion of a further area (the Slieve Felim area), totalling 31 583 ha UAA, in the list of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive (") OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. (*) O] No L 180, 14. 7. 1980, p. 34. () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 68. () O No L 3, 5. 1: 1977, p. IS. 75/268/EEC which is contained in the Annex to Directive 75/272/EEC; Whereas the areas resulting from the proposed adjust- ments, as the documents sent in and the declarations made by the Irish Government indicate, meet the criteria which were applied in Directive 75/272/EEC when fixing the less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of Directive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the new area applied for (the Slieve Felim area) does not fully meet the abovementioned criteria ; whereas, nevertheless, its specific disadvantages, espe- cially its steep slopes, unfavourable natural conditions for farming and poor drainage, permit it to be classi- fied as an area within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC which may be ranked with less- favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) of the Directive ; whereas the area in question is only 0-53 % of the total surface area of Ireland and thus less than 2:5 % of it; Whereas the adjustments applied for by the Irish Government do not have thé combined effect of increasing the utilized agricultural area of all the listed areas by more than 1-5 % of the total utilized agricul- tural area of Ireland; Whereas the EAGGF Committee has been consulted on the financial aspects;