It considers that, while the provisions of the Treaty establishing the European Community and secondary legislation apply automaticallyto the outermost regions, it is none the less possible to adopt specific measures to assist them inasmuch and as long as there is anobjective need to take such measures with a view to the economicand social development of those regions.
Measann sí, cé go bhfuil forálacha an Chonartha ag bunú an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh agus na reachtaíochta tánaistí infheidhmego huathoibríoch ar na réigiúin is forimeallaí, gur féidir bearta sonracha ina bhfabhar a ghlacadh a mhéad agus fad atá riachtanas oibiachtúil ann le bearta den sórt sin a ghlacadh ar mhaithe le forbairt eacnamaíoch agus shóisialta na réigiún sin.