Additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from very remote regions

The committee approved a proposal providing compensation for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products form the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana as a result of their very remote location. In his report, the rapporteur, MR Carlos COSTA NEVES said that the remoteness of these regions posed an obstacle to their economic and social development on equal terms with other regions in the Eu. The financial cost of the aid proposed was very low but would help retain local fishing communities and prevent emigration.