29. 1. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 22/21 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/9/EC of 20 January 1998 on the list of less-favoured farming areas within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 950/97 (Denmark) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Whereas the total surface area of the relevant areas does not exceed 4 % of the total surface area of the Member Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European State in question; Community, Whereas the nature and level of the above indices used by the Government of Denmark to define the areas noti- Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 950/97 of fied to the Commission correspond to the characteristics 20 May 1997 on improving the efficiency of agricultural of the areas affected by specific handicaps referred to in structures (1), and in particular Article 21(2) thereof, Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia- Article 1 ment (3), The list of less-favoured farming areas in Denmark shall be that contained in the Annex to this Directive. They Whereas the permanent natural and geographical handi- shall be included in the Community list of less-favoured caps existing in the Danish islands result in higher farming areas within the meaning of Article 25 of Regu- production and transport costs which prevent farmers in lation (EC) No 950/97. these areas from obtaining, from their production, income on a level with that obtained by comparable Article 2 farmers elsewhere in the Member State; This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Whereas the Danish Government has sent the Commis- Communities. sion, in accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, a list of islands suitable for inclusion in the Article 3 Community list of less-favoured farming areas and infor- mation on the particular features of these areas; This Directive is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark. Whereas, with a view to identifying the areas affected by Done at Brussels, 20 January 1998. specific handicaps that can be deemed less-favoured areas as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 950/97, For the Council all islands with an area of less than 600 km2 on which adverse natural conditions contribute to a farming The President income below the national average have been selected; J. CUNNINGHAM (1) OJ L 142, 2. 6. 1997, p. 1. (2) OJ C 372, 9. 12. 1997, p. 21. (3) Opinion delivered on 14 January 1998 (not yet published in the Official Journal). L 22/22 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 98 ANNEX PROPOSED DANISH ISLANDS (LESS-FAVOURED AREAS) Island name Land area km2 UAA in hectares 1. SAMSØ (1) 114,3 7 831 2. LÆSØ 113,8 2 466 3. FANØ (3) 55,8 929 Sub-total: three main islands 283,9 11 226 4. AGERSØ (4) including Egholm 7,83 709 5. ANHOLT 22,37 4 6. ASKØ including Lilleø 3,88 215 7. AVERNAKØ 5,85 289 8. BARSØ 2,66 232 9. BIRKHOLM 0,92 84 10. BJØRNØ 1,50 158 11. BAAGØ 6,23 566 12. DREJØ 4,28 235 13. EGHOLM [Nordjyllands amt.] (*) 6,00 448 14. ENDELAVE 13,08 800 15. FEJØ (5) including SKALØ 16,00 1 424 16. FEMØ (5) 11,38 1 009 17. FUR (2) 22,29 1 100 18. HJARNØ 3,21 287 19. HJORTØ 0,90 90 20. LYØ 6,05 371 21. MANDØ 7,63 547 22. NEKSELØ 2,23 214 23. OMØ 4,52 337 24. ORØ 15,02 1 200 25. SEJERØ 12,37 557 26. SKARØ 1,97 112 27. STRYNØ 4,88 340 28. TUNØ (1) 3,52 270 29. VENØ (2) 6,46 372 30. ÅRØ 5,68 150 Sub-total other islands 199 12 120 Total of proposal 482,6 23 346 Total DK 43 076,7 2 770 000 Less-favoured areas in % 1,1 % 0,84 % 4 % of 43 077 km2 = 1 723 km2 (*) Islands in the same archipelago.