The Conference acknowledges that the outermost regions of the Community ( the French overseas departments , Azores and Madein and Canary Islands ) suffer from major structural b a d w d n e s s compounded by scveral phenomena ( remoteness , island status , small size , difficult topography and dimate , ewnomic dependence on a few producu ) , the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their ewnomic and social dcvelopmenr It considers that , while the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and secondary legislation apply automatidly to the outermost regions , it is nonetheless possible to adopt specific merrures to assist them inasmuch and as long as there is an objective need to take such measures with a view to the economic and social development of those regions .
The Conference acknowledges that the outermost regions of the Community ( the French overseas departments , Azores and Madein and Canary Islands ) suffer from major structural b a d w d n e s s compounded by scveral phenomena ( remoteness , island status , small size , difficult topography and dimate , ewnomic dependence on a few producu ) , the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their ewnomic and social dcvelopmenr It considers that , while the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and secondary legislation apply automatidly to the outermost regions , it is nonetheless possible to adopt specific merrures to assist them inasmuch and as long as there is an objective need to take such measures with a view to the economic and social development of those regions .