ILLUSTRIOUS LORDS:

BY REAL DECREE 1113/1989, OF 15 SEPTEMBER, URGENT MEASURES ARE TAKEN TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS AND FLOODS IN THE PROVINCES OF ALBACETE, ALICANTE, ALMERIA, CASTELLÓN, CÓRDOBA, GRANADA, SEVILLE, VALENCIA AND THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES OF THE BALEARIC ISLANDS AND THE REGION OF MURCIA.

IN ARTICLE 2. THE ROYAL DECREE DECLARES SPECIAL ACTION AREAS OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD AND THE AUTONOMOUS BODIES OF THE DEPENDENT AREAS CONCERNED, SO THAT THEY CAN RESTORE THE SITUATION AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. PRIOR TO THE RECENT TORRENTIAL RAINS AND STORMS, WATER-FORESTRY RESTORATION AND SOIL CONSERVATION WORKS IN THE AFFECTED RIVER BASINS WILL BE DECLARED EMERGENCY.

ALSO, IN ARTICLE 3. IT ALSO CLASSIFIES THE ACTIONS AND AIDS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE II OF BOOK III OF THE LAW ON AGRICULTURAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT, THE TEXT OF WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY DECREE OF 12 JANUARY 1973.

MOREOVER, BY THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, THE MUNICIPAL TERMS OR AREAS OF THE SAME WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE AREA DEFINED IN ROYAL DECREE 1113/1989, IN WHICH THE MEASURES ESTABLISHED IN IT WILL BE APPLIED.

IN HIS VIRTUE, I HAVE HAD WELL TO DISPOSE:

ARTICLE 1. HOLDERS OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS LOCATED IN MUNICIPAL OR AREA TERMS, DEFINED BY THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR, WHICH HAVE SUFFERED LOSSES EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 30 PER 100 OF THE ANNUAL AVERAGE PRODUCTION, MAY APPLY THE MODIFICATION OF THE AGREED PAYMENT SCHEDULE, WITH AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE OR AMORTISATION OF UP TO THREE YEARS, IN THOSE LOANS OR ADVANCES THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD AUTONOMOUS BODIES AND BODIES RELATING TO CURRENT PAYMENTS DUE ON 5 SEPTEMBER 1989.

ART. 2. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2. FROM ROYAL DECREE 1113/1989 OF 15 SEPTEMBER, THE WORKS OF HYDROLOGICAL RESTORATION AND SOIL CONSERVATION IN THE AFFECTED RIVER BASINS ARE DECLARED EMERGENCY.

ART. 3. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIONS AND AID IN THE MUNICIPAL OR AREA TERMS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1. OF ROYAL DECREE 1113/1989 OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1989 AND DEFINED IN ARTICLE 1. AS WELL AS THE WORKS AND WORKS OF HYDROLOGICAL RESTORATION, IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT, IF NECESSARY, IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD. CORRESPONDING AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES.

ART. 4. THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE AID REFERRED TO IN Article 3. OF ROYAL DECREE 1113/1989, THEY SHALL BE PRESENTED IN THE MODEL SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THE COMPETENT BODIES OF THE AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES CONCERNED WHICH SHALL PROCESS AND RESOLVE THEM.

ADDITIONAL DISPOSITION

THE PRESIDENTS AND DIRECTORS OF THE AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENT, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE POWERS, SHALL DICTATE THE RESOLUTIONS AND ADOPT THE MEASURES NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ORDER.

FINAL DISPOSITION

THIS ORDER WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THE DAY NEXT TO YOUR POST IN THE .

WHAT I THINK IS A VV. II. FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER EFFECTS.

MADRID, 20 SEPTEMBER 1989.

ROMERO HERRERA

ILMOS.

SRES. DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES, PRESIDENTS AND DIRECTORS OF THE AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD.

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