Taking account of the structural social and economic situation of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, 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 and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at laying down the conditions of application of the Treaties to those regions, including common policies.
Ag tabhairt aird ar staid shóisialta agus eacnamaíoch struchtúrach Ghuadalúip, Ghuáin na Fraince, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, 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 eacnamaíoch ar bheagán táirgí, a ndéanann a mbuaine agus comhcheangal díobh mórdhochar dá bhforbairt, déanfaidh an Chomhairle, ar thogra ón gCoimisiún agus tar éis dul 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 na Conarthaí, lena náirítear comhbheartais, a chur i bhfeidhm arna réigiúin sin.