- having regard to the memorandum signed in Cayenne by the outermost regions (5 March 1999), complemented by the joint memorandum of Spain, France, Portugal and the outermost regions signed in May 2010, which stipulates that the EU should promote the sustainable development of the outermost regions by building on the numerous natural and cultural assets of the outermost regions while promoting the principles of equal opportunities, partnership, proportionality and coherence of the EU policies,
– ob upoštevanju memoranduma, ki so ga v Cayennu (5. marca 1999) podpisale najbolj oddaljene regije, dopolnjenega s skupnim memorandumom, podpisanim maja 2010 med Španijo, Francijo, Portugalsko in najbolj oddaljenimi regijami, ki določa, da bi morala EU spodbujati trajnostni razvoj najbolj oddaljenih regij s krepitvijo naravnih in kulturnih dobrin najbolj oddaljenih regij, ter hkrati spodbujati načela enakih možnosti, partnerstva, sorazmernosti in skladnosti politik EU,