No L 286/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 11. 96 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2143/96 of 7 November 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 as regards the geographical areas of Germany where sheepmeat producers practising transhumance are regarded as producers in less-favoured areas THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1589/96 (%), and in parti- cular Article 5 (9) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 of 27 November 1990 laying down general rules for the grant of premiums to sheepmeat and goatmeat produ- cers (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 233/94 (%), and in particular Article 1 and Article 2 (4) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3493/90 lays down the conditions under which farmers practising transhumance are to be regarded as producers in less-favoured areas; whereas, to that end, the said Regulation states in parti- cular that only those farmers are to be taken into account whose holdings are located in geographical areas to be determined on the basis of certain criteria and in accord- ance with the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 3013/89; whereas Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 2385/91 of 6 August 1991 laying down detailed rules for certian special cases regarding the defi- nition of sheepmeat and goatmeat producers and producer groups (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2569/95 (%), establishes the list of those geographical areas; whereas, in the wake of an administrative reorgan- ization in the new Linder of Germany, the geographical demarcation of certain areas has changed as have their names and whereas the list of geographical areas in that Member State should accordingly be adjusted; Whereas these changes do not imply any foreseeable increase in the number of producers practising transhum- ance in the areas concerned; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sheep and Goats, J No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1. ] No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 25. ] No L 337, 4. 12. 1990, p. 7. ] No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 9. () OJ No L 219, 7. 8. 1991, p. 15. () OJ No L 262, 1. 11. 1995, p. 32. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Point IV (Federal Republic of Germany) in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2385/91 is hereby amended as follows: 1. The sections headed ‘Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’, ‘Saxony-Anhalt’, ‘Thuringia’ and ‘Saxony’ are replaced by the following: ‘Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (in the fol- lowing urban and rural districts): Bad Doberan Demmin Glstrow Ludwigslust Mecklenburg-Strelitz Nordvorpommern Nordwestmecklenburg Ostvorpommern Parchim Uecker-Randow Saxony-Anhalt (in the following urban and rural districts): Anbhalt-Zerbst Sangerhausen Weiflenfels Ohrekreis Jerichower Land Halberstadt Stendal Salzwedel Thuringia (in the following urban and rural districts): Nordhausen Kyffhiuser Kreis Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Sommerda Wartburg Kreis Gotha Weimar-Land Ilm-Kreis Holzlandkreis Altenburg Erfurt Weimar