Examples of using Ultraperipheral in English and their translations into Finnish
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Ultraperipheral Regions in France, Spain, Portugal.
I would like to remind you that in the ultraperipheral regions, the banana is the driving force in the economy.
I think that, at this time, the comprehension shown in this European Parliament of the ultraperipheral regions is very important.
The ultraperipheral regions benefit from protected fish stocks.
Therefore, the specificities of peripheral regions and ultraperipheral regions in particular need to be taken into account.
Firstly, as an ultraperipheral region, the Azores will continue to be part of the most heavily assisted group of regions.
The future maritime policy should do more to integrate the specific features of the ultraperipheral regions as well as their assets.
Connections in ultraperipheral regions in France, Spain, Portugal.
On another key point, the Committee also backs extending the availability of natural gas to peripheral and ultraperipheral regions wherever this makes technical and economic sense.
Similarly, with regard to the Azores, we believe that it is vital to guarantee the viability of the only existing plant,on the island of São Miguel, whose operation is essential for that ultraperipheral region.
Urges the Commission to draw up a basis for the development of the specific measures to be applied to the ultraperipheral regions as provided for in Article 299(2) of the Amster dam Treaty;
The institutionalisation of the OCTs and the ultraperipheral regions of the EU as special partners under the Lomé Convention, particularly by including them in the new Joint Assembly, deserves a warm welcome from us.
The implementation of cohesion policy should take into account the varied needs of the regions, especially urban and rural areas, regions that are difficult to access,islands and ultraperipheral regions.
There are certainly parts of the world where ACP states, overseas countries andterritories of Member States of the Union, and ultraperipheral regions which are an integral part of the European Union coexist in one region.
The Union and the Member States, therefore, must redouble their efforts to encourage entrepreneurship and initiative in that sector,paying particular attention to encouraging potential entrepreneurs in disadvantaged areas, especially ultraperipheral areas.
But it is not enough to affirm that and institutionalise it,by clarifying the position on the status of ultraperipheral regions, as the new Treaty on European Union, the Treaty of Amsterdam, does in Article 2992.
This would ensure that the peripheral countries and the ultraperipheral regions, the poorer regions in Europe, are in a position to operate successfully within the new euro currency zone, as well as within an ever-expanding internal market where the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital exist.
Mr President, Commissioner,ladies and gentlemen, we should congratulate ourselves on proposals and reports such as this, because it includes the ultraperipheral regions in setting energy guidelines.
I must take this opportunity to point out that the European banana-producing regions include some of the ultraperipheral island regions which are still suffering from a lack of economic development. In these regions, banana production is the main and sometimes only source of income for thousands of families.
The possibility of a new tripartite regional set-up- with closer economic, social and political links between overseas countries and territories,the ACP countries and the ultraperipheral regions of the European Union- could not have come at a better moment.
And, if I can quote fisheries as one example,the fact that you have ultraperipheral regions in the Indian Ocean, for example, like La Réunion, is an example whereby we have a direct voice in the regional fisheries organisations that already exist and the ones that we are trying to promote for that sea.
In the time I have available, I would like to mention just one of these:the establishment of devolved units of the Commission in the ultraperipheral regions and the establishment of offices or contact points in the overseas countries and territories.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as I come from an ultraperipheral banana-producing region of the European Union, I wish to protest in the strongest terms and indicate my deep anger at the retaliatory stance taken by the United States of America in the latest dispute over the Community banana import regime.
Mr President, the Committee on Regional Policy was consulted on the excellent own-initiative report by our colleague Mr Aldo, andconsidered the issue of relations between what are known as the ultraperipheral regions and the OCTs or ACP countries close to those ultraperipheral regions.
Member of the Commission.- Madam President, first of all with regard to the question put by Ms Sudre concerning the ultraperipheral regions: there is no doubt that in a maritime policy we do not intend to formulate- as is clear, I think, from the blue paper, which has just been adopted, and the action plan- a one-size-fits-all policy.
Nevertheless, the report does have the merit of drawing attention to real problems, and that means it can initiate the legislative and decision-making process applying in the European Union,as the Commission may implement some of the report's highly positive recommendations for the ultraperipheral regions, namely.
The Union's ultraperipheral regions enjoy a specific status, which has been incorporated into the Treaty of Amsterdam as primary Union law. If they are capable of making the most of their geographical situation, they will be able to play a role in the future development of the Union's relations with ACP countries, for example, within the framework of Interreg.
The previous speeches have clearly demonstrated that it cannot be defensible to consider withdrawing the required finances from the overseas French departments as a whole,even from the ultraperipheral regions as a whole, in order to help the Reunion fishermen compensate for their handicap.
Mr President, on my own behalf, on behalf of Mrs Taubira, who has been detained due to threats of various demonstrations, and on behalf of my group, I would like to express our total support for the particularly relevant initiative by our colleague Blaise Aldo. He is finally proposing that wetake a global and consistent view of the regional relations of the ACP countries, the ultraperipheral regions of the Union and the associated OCTs.
This report by Mr Aldo is an own-initiative report and is clearly not binding. The Commission could therefore use some of the points andproposals made by Mr Aldo as a basis for specific proposals that would allow both the ultraperipheral regions and the overseas countries and territories to play a serious role in its work to support development aid in the rest of the world.