Article 3
1. When Member States apply Article 1 (2), first indent of Directive 72/160/EEC, they shall take account of the need for land to be released resulting from the amount of effort towards agricultural modernization of the various regions. For this purpose, they shall give particular consideration to: - the low level of agricultural income, or - the significant disparity between agricultural income and comparable income within the meaning of Article 4 (1) of Directive 72/159/EEC. 2. The differentiated fixing of the amounts according to regions shall apply to the measures provided for in Directive 72/160/EEC for the benefit of farmers over 65 years of age, or between 55 and 65 years of age, or under 55 years of age, or of all three of these groups, or of two of them. Member States shall fix these amounts by taking into account the imbalances in the age group distribution of the agricultural population.