No L 130/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 5. 97 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 April 1997 adjusting the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Spain within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (97/306/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 797/85 (3, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, Whereas Council Directive 86/466/EEC of 14 July 1986 concerning the Community list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Directive 75/268/EEC (%), as last amended by Directive 91/465/EEC (%), identifies the parts of Spain included in the Community list of less- favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the Spanish Government has requested, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, modification of the boundaries of the less-favoured areas listed in the Annexes to Directive 86/466/EEC and to Commission Decision 89/566/EEC(*) in order to take account of administrative changes in the areas concerned; Whereas the inclusion of new communes in the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3) and (5) of Dir- ective 75/268/EEC and the transfer of certain communes from the lists of areas within the meaning of Article 3 (4) and (S) thereof to the list of areas within the meaning of the said Article 3 (3) respect the indices and values used, () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 273, 24. 9. 1986, p. 104. () O] No L 251, 7. 9. 1991, p. 1. () OJ No L 308, 25. 10. 1989, p. 23. as stated in Directive 86/466/EEC, to demarcate the respective areas; Whereas the amendments sought by the Spanish Govern- ment pursuant to Article 2(3) of Directive 75/268/EEC do not result in an increase in the utilized agricultural area of the less-favoured areas and thus do not affect the limit set in that Article; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Agri- cultural Structures and Rural Development, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The list of less-favoured areas in Spain in the Annex to Directive 86/466/EEC, as amended by the Annex to Decision 89/566/EEC and by Directive 91/465/EEC, is hereby supplemented by the list in the Annex to this Decision. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 18 April 1997. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission