European Union outermost regions

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European Union concept group of territories

The European Union outermost regions are distant territories of EU member states, often islands or remote areas, that are fully part of the EU but receive special measures due to their geographic, economic, and social challenges.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
EU outermost regions 1
European Union (outermost regions) 1
European Union outermost regions (special status) 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union concept ⓘ
group of territories ⓘ
alsoKnownAs outermost regions of the European Union ⓘ
differentiatedFrom overseas countries and territories of the European Union ⓘ
geographicalFeature located far from continental Europe ⓘ
mostly island territories ⓘ
situated in South America ⓘ
situated in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
situated in the Caribbean Sea ⓘ
situated in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
governedBy EU Treaties ⓘ
surface form: EU treaties

national law of their member state ⓘ
hasCharacteristic higher transport costs ⓘ
strategic location for the European Union ⓘ
structural economic disadvantages ⓘ
vulnerability to climate change ⓘ
hasMember Azores NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Guadeloupe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madeira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martinique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayotte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Réunion NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint-Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
surface form: Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
surface form: Article 355 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
memberState France ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
partOf European Union ⓘ
policyCategory Common Agricultural Policy ⓘ
surface form: EU agricultural policy

European Regional Development Fund ⓘ
surface form: EU cohesion policy

EU fisheries policy ⓘ
EU regional policy ⓘ
policyObjective improve connectivity with mainland Europe ⓘ
promote sustainable development ⓘ
reduce economic and social disparities with mainland regions ⓘ
reasonForSpecialMeasures difficult topography and climate ⓘ
economic dependence on a few products ⓘ
insularity ⓘ
remoteness ⓘ
small size ⓘ
receives special derogations from EU rules ⓘ
specific financial support ⓘ
tailored structural funds ⓘ
shortName European Union outermost regions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: EU outermost regions

OMR ⓘ
RUP ⓘ
status integral part of the European Union ⓘ
part of the EU customs territory ⓘ
part of the EU single market ⓘ
part of the euro area for most territories ⓘ
subject to EU law ⓘ
usesCurrency euro ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fuerteventura → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Guadeloupe → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
La Désirade → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Les Abymes → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Martinique → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Saint Barthélemy → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Union outermost regions (special status)
São Jorge Island → belongsTo → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Reunion → memberOf → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
subject surface form: Réunion
Martinique → officialStatus → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
this entity surface form: overseas department and region of France
Mayotte → partOf → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
Réunion → partOf → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
French Caribbean → politicalUnion → European Union outermost regions ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Union (outermost regions)
European Union outermost regions → shortName → European Union outermost regions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: EU outermost regions