24.8.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 238/1 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 20 July 1981 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (Greece) (81/645/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro- - pean 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 parti- cular Article 2 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion, Having "regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas the Government of the Hellenic Republic has communicated to the Commission, in accord- ance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the names of 102 areas suitable for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas, together with information concerning the character- istics of those areas; (") OJNoL 128,19.5.1975,p. 1. () OJ No L 180, 14.7. 1980, p. 34. (3) Opinion delivered on 10 July 1981 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () Opinion delivered on 2 July 1981 (not yet published in the Official Journal). Whereas the criterion used to define very difficult ~ climatic conditions, as referred to in the first indent of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/EEC, is a mini- mum altitude of 800 metres; Whereas the steep slopes, as referred to in the second indent of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/ EEC are defined as being at least 20 %; Whereas, in the case of combinations of the two aforementioned factors within the meaning of the third indent of Article 3 (3) of Directive 75/268/ EEC, the criteria used are a minimum altitude of . 600 metres and a slope of at least 16 %; Whereas, as a rule, at least 80 % of the area of a commune should satisfy at least one of these cri- teria; whereas this percentage may be lowered to a minimum of 50 % in exceptional cases where com- munes are located in the same mountain formation with identical climatic and topographic conditions and with relatively low yields and incomes; Whereas the characteristics adopted to define infer- tile land, as referred to in Article 3 (4) (a) of Direc- tive 75/268/EEC, include a yield not exceeding 80 % of the national average and, in addition, rough grazing occupying at least 30 % of the utilizable agricultural area; Whereas the economic results which are appreciably lower than the mean, as referred to in