10. 8. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 207/33 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 " amending the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Greece within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Greek text is authentic) (94/516/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 in certain less- favoured areas ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 797/85 (), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, Whereas Council Directive 81/645/EEC (%), as last amended by Directive 93/66/EEC (%), lays down the areas in Greece which qualify as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the Greek Government has communicated to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2 (1) of Directive 75/268/EEC, the new areas eligible for inclusion in the Community list of less-favoured farming areas and information concerning the characteristics of those areas ; whereas, furthermore, the existing special aid system in the less-favoured areas will be extended to the new areas ; Whereas, as the ‘aforementioned communication indi- cates, one area complies with the criteria and figures in Directive 81/645/EEC for determining the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Direc- tive 75/268/EEC ; whereas as a result, the aforementioned area should be included in the Community list of less- favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. 2 O] No L 93, 30. 3. 1985, p. 1. () O No L 238, 24. 8. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 184, 27. 7. 1993, p. 36. Whereas the combined surface area of the areas in ques- tion does not exceed 4 % of the surface area of the Member State concerned ; ' Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Community list of less-favoured areas in Greece given in the Annex to Directive 81/645/EEC is hereby supplemented by the list given in the Annex to this Deci- sion. Article 2 This Directive is addressed to the Hellenic Republic. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994. - For the Commission ‘René STEICHEN Member of the Commission