Special Report No 10/2010: Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the Union and the smaller Aegean islands.

Abstract:

The specific measures for agriculture in favour of the outermost regions of the Union and the smaller Aegean islands were created to take account of the structural social and economic situation therein. The regions’ development is severely restrained by the permanence and combination of a number of factors, in particular remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, and economic dependence on a few products.

This report emphasises the programming, implementation and monitoring of the measures. It contains recommendations intended to help the Commission and the Member States concerned improve the way the specific measures are managed.