However, taking account of the structural social and economic situation of the French overseas departments, 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, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of the present Treaty to those regions, including common policies.
Ar a shon sin, ag tabhairt aird ar staid shóisialta agus eacnamaioch struchtúrach na ranna Francacha thar lear, na nAsór, Mhaidéara agus na nOileán Canárach, staid is measa fós mar gheall ar a n-iargúltacht, a n-oileánachas, a mbeagmhéid, a dtopagrafaíocht agus a n-aeráid achrannach, agus a spleáchas eacnamaioch ar bheagán táirgí, a ndéanann a mbuaine agus comhcheangal díobh mórdhochar dá bhforbairt, déanfaidh an Chomhairle, ag gníomhú di tri thromlach cáilithe ar thogra ón gCoimisiún agus tar éis dui i gcomhairle le Parlaimint na hEorpa, bearta sonracha a ghlacadh a mbeidh sé d'aidhm acu, ach go háirithe, na coinníollacha a leagan síos chun an Conradh seo, lena n-áirítear comhbheartais, a chur i bhfeidhm ar na réigiúin sin.