1 Amendments of Patrice TIROLIEN related to 2009/2152(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the outermost regions, owing to their special circumstances as set out in Article 349 of the Treaty of Lisbon, and their geographical location in the tropics, are especially susceptible to the consequences of climate change and should hence receive special attention from the European Commission; calls on the Commission, therefore, to develop an impact assessment and specific action plan for the outermost regions and to support information exchanges and exchanges of good practices between the local authorities in those regions and the regional authorities of third countries in their surrounding geographical areas;