Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006
Modified by
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Councilof 26 October 2016on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC, 32016R2031, November 23, 2016
Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 13 March 2013laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 CHAPTER ISUBJECT MATTER AND OBJECTIVES
Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down specific measures for agriculture to mitigate the difficulties caused by extreme remoteness, specifically remoteness, isolation, small surface areas, terrain, difficult climate and economic dependence on a limited number of products of the regions of the Union referred to in Article 349 of the Treaty ("the outermost regions").
Article 2Objectives1.The specific measures referred to in Article 1 shall help to meet the following objectives:(a)guaranteed supply to the outermost regions of products essential for human consumption or for processing and as agricultural inputs by mitigating the additional costs incurred due to their extreme remoteness, without harming local production and the growth thereof;(b)securing the long-term future and development of the "livestock" and "crop-diversification" sectors in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and sale of local products;(c)maintaining the development and strengthening the competitiveness of traditional agricultural activities in the outermost regions, including the production, processing and marketing of local crops and products.2.The objectives set out in paragraph 1 shall be implemented by means of the measures referred to in Chapters III, IV and V.
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