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The EU's outermost regions qualify for special treatment owing to structural difficulties, such as remoteness, difficult topography or economic dependence on a few products, which can severely hamper their development. Specific support mechanisms exist under cohesion, agricultural and fisheries policies, with the Commission outlining measures aimed at assisting outermost regions in its communications published in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Nevertheless, with the outermost regions continuing to face numerous ...

An own-initiative report on the management of the fishing fleets in the Outermost Regions is scheduled to be voted during the April II plenary session. The report looks into the possibilities of modernising the Outermost Regions' fleets, while ensuring sustainable fishing in these regions.

This briefing was prepared to provide information for the visit to the Azores (Portugal) of 22 to 26 May 2017 of a delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Regional Development, the islands visited being São Miguel and Terceira.

The EU's outermost regions qualify for special treatment owing to structural difficulties, such as remoteness, difficult topography or economic dependence on a few products, which can severely hamper their development. Specific mechanisms exist under cohesion, agricultural and fisheries policies, with the Commission publishing a communication in 2012 setting out how it can work in partnership with the outermost regions and their respective countries to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy ...

Il presente documento è stato redatto per la delegazione della commissione per l'agricoltura e lo sviluppo rurale del Parlamento europeo alle isole Azzorre (Portogallo) del novembre 2015. Esso è composto di: una parte introduttiva, che presenta i principali dati demografici e politici; una panoramica generale dell'economia regionale delle isole; un capitolo specifico dedicato all'agricoltura; sono infine commentati i programmi in corso di sviluppo rurale e di sostegno all'agricoltura della ...

This study provides a detailed analysis of the fisheries for tuna and other large pelagic fish in the Outermost Regions of the European Union. It reviews the fishery sector and the status of relevant fish stocks in each region, and assesses the economic dependency on tuna canning and related activities. It identifies the opportunities and threats to tuna canning, and discusses how measures under the reformed Common Fisheries Policy can help to contribute to the survival of this important sector.

Outermost regions (ORs) are an integral part of the European Union (EU) and as such have access to all EU funding instruments and programmes. In addition, owing to their particular geographical location, they are entitled to specific treatment aimed at mitigating the impact of their structural disadvantages.

Information note on the fisheries sector in Portugal for the Delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries from 7 to 10 April 2015. The note describes fisheries in Azores and related activities.

This Implementation Appraisal focuses on Regulation 228/2013 on laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Regulation 247/2006, which is the basic act for the POSEI regime. POSEI - the French acronym for Programmes dʼOptions Spécifiques à lʼEloignement et à lʼInsularité - is a scheme that supports the incomes of farmers and the supply of essential products to the outermost regions of the European Union. The scheme ...

A great diversity of spatial structures, transport systems and needs can be observed in the Outermost Regions (ORs) of the EU. Interurban transport as a means for developing the inland market of ORs would deserve more, and especially better-designed, support. Ideally, modern new regional transport authorities applying innovative solutions would avail themselves of better EU funding opportunities for both planning and operations.