However,takingaccountofthestructuralsocialandeconomicsituationof 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 ona few products, the permanence and combination of which severelyrestrain their development, the Council, acting by a qualified majorityon a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt specific measures aimed, in particular, at layingdown 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 eacnamaíochstruchtúrach na ranna Francacha thar lear, na nAsór, Mhaidéaraagus na nOileán Canárach, staid is measa fós mar gheall ar an-iargúltacht, a n-oileánachas, a mbeagmhéid, a dtopagrafaíocht agusa n-aeráid achrannach, agus a spleáchas eacnamaíoch ar bheagántáirgí, a ndéanann a mbuaine agus comhcheangal díobh mórdhochardá bhforbairt, déanfaidh an Chomhairle, ag gníomhú di trí thromlach cáilithe ar thogra ón gCoimisiún agus tar éis dul i gcomhairlele Parlaimint na hEorpa, bearta sonracha a ghlacadh a mbeidh séd’aidhm acu, ach go háirithe, na coinníollacha a leagan síos chunan Conradh seo, lena náirítear comhbheartais, a chur i bhfeidhmar na réigiúin sin.