1 Amendments of Lídia PEREIRA related to 2021/0201(COD)
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In implementing this regulation, account should be taken of Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which acknowledges the particular vulnerability of the outermost regions owing to their small size, insularity, remoteness from mainland regions, difficult topography and climate and economic dependence on a few products, a combination that severely hampers their development and generates substantial extra costs in many areas, particularly for transport. Efforts being made and targets for greenhouse gas reduction, set for Member States with outermost regions – Portugal, Spain and France – must be adapted to those regions’ difficult situation, balancing environmental objectives against the high social costs for these regions, and taking into account that some 80% of the EU’s biodiversity is found there. These Member States must, therefore, involve the authorities of the outermost regions in the drawing up of their national energy and climate plans, ensuring a fair transition.