No L 105/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 5. 96 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 April 1996 amending the boundaries of the less-favoured areas in Sweden within the meaning of Council Directive 75/268/EEC (Only the Swedish text is authentic) (96/287/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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti- cular Article 2(3) thereof, Whereas Council Directive 95/498/EC (%) lays down the areas in Sweden which qualify as less-favoured areas within the meaning of Article 3 (3), (4) and (5) of Direc- tive 75/268/EEC; Whereas the Swedish 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, the areas comply with the criteria and figures in Directive 95/498/EC for determining the areas concerned within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; whereas, as a result, the aforementioned area should be included in the Community list of less- () OJ No L 128, 19. 5. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 287, 30. 11. 1995, p. 33. favoured areas within the meaning of Asticle 3(5) of Directive 75/268/EEC; 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 Sweden given in Annex I to Directive 95/498/EC is hereby supplemented by the list given in the Annex to this Deci- sion. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Sweden. Done at Brussels, 15 April 1996. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission