Taking account of the structural economic and social situation of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, which is compounded by their remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a few products, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their development, the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt European laws, framework laws, regulations and decisions aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of the Constitution to those regions, including common policies.
Ag féachaint do staid eacnamaíoch agus sóisialta struchtúrach Ghuadalúip, Ghuáin na Fraince, Martinique, La Réunion, na nAsór, Mhaidéara agus na nOileán Canárach, staid is measa fós mar gheall ar a n-iargúltacht, an oileánacha s, a mbeagmhéid, a dtopagrafaíocht agus a n-aeráid achrannach, agus a spleáchas eacnamaíoch ar bheagán táirgí, a ndéanann a mbuaine agus comhcheangal díobh mórdhochar dá bhforbairt, glacfaidh an Chomhairle, ar thogra ón gCoimisiún, dlíthe Eorpacha, dlíthe réime Eorpacha, rialacháin Eorpacha agus cinntí Eorpacha a mbeidh d'aidhm acu, ach go háirithe, na coinníollacha a leagan síos chun an Bunreacht, lena náirítear comhbheartais, a chur i bhfeidhm arna réigiúin sin.