Examples of Outermost in a sentence
The status of some of the territories has recently changed: Saint Barthélemy (FR) and Bermuda (UK) became OCTs associated with the Union on 1 January 2012 and 1 January 2014 respectively, and Mayotte (FR) became an Outermost Region (OR) of the Union on 1 January 2014.
Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) recognises that the Outermost Regions differ from the rest of the EU in a number of ways that constrain their economic and social development: their remoteness, their insularity, their small size, their adverse topographical and climatic conditions and their dependence on a limited number of local industries.
In this context, active participation of Outermost Regions could facilitate such cooperation given their strategic position close to the African continent.
The European Council welcomes the Commission report on the 2004 Strategy for the Outermost Regions stating its positive results and presenting the future prospects for Community actions in those regions.
However, Members strongly welcomed and supported the proposal to lift the visa requirements for nationals of CARIFORUM States visiting the EU including the Outermost regions as an important measure to facilitate exchanges.
In accordance with Article 2(3) of the EIT Regulation, ‘co-location centre’ means a physical hub, established in an open and transparent manner, which promotes links between and active collaboration among knowledge triangle actors and acts as a focal point for knowledge exchange and through which the KICs’ according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, as well as the Outermost Regions, and facilitate the integration of new partners from those regions and countries into the KIC’s communities.
The voluntary scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European Overseas (BEST) promotes the conservation of biodiversity, including marine biodiversity, and sustainable use of ecosystem services, including ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation, in the Union's Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories.
Through the BEST preparatory action adopted in 2011 and the subsequent BEST 2.0 Programme and BEST RUP project, BEST has helped to raise awareness of the ecological importance of the Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories and their key role in conserving global biodiversity.
It is therefore appropriate for the LIFE Programme to finance small grants for biodiversity, including capacity building and actions that have a catalytic effect, in both the Outermost Regions and the Overseas Countries and Territories.
Priority 3 CF TATA Art 29 CPR ERDF orESF+ or CF TA Art 30 CPR ERDF orESF+ or CF Total ERDF More developed Transition Less developed Special allocation for outermost and northern sparsely populated regions Total ESF+ More developed Transition Less developed Outermost Total CF N/A Grand total * For ERDF: less developed, transition, more developed, and, where applicable special allocation for outermost and northern sparsely populated regions.