Translation of "Remote Sensing Coordinator " (English → French) :

18. Believes that the seven outermost regions should be treated at least as well as the Community regions which derive most benefit from the Structural Funds, and this should be reflected in co-financing rates, amount of aid, eligibility, etc.; that this is justified not only by the amount of financial support needed by the regions in question but also by the importance of their having access to the widest range of instruments available; that access to all Community initiatives should be kept open; that it makes no sense for the outermost regions to be excluded from the best-funded section of INTERREG III and for procedures to be impo ...[+++]sed on them which do not take into account their remoteness and which are designed for the mainland parts of the EU; that the outermost regions require a specific approach within INTERREG III and coordination with the financial instruments applicable to third countries should be facilitated; that access by the outermost regions to horizontal Community programmes should also be promoted;

3) Earth observation. The Commission has proposed a coordinated set of measures aimed at the development of operational applications which meet its own needs but which also serve to stimulate the development of applications markets in general, with a view to : - promoting European cooperation and coordination in R D with regard to methodologies and techniques for processing and interpreting satellite date, - placing more emphasis on demonstration activities in operational projects (pilot projects), - 3 - - putting in place, in collaboration with the space agencies, the European experimental facilities that are essential for the preparing ...[+++] of these data for use, - identifying the measures needed at European level in order to support the emergence of a commercial supply of "value-added" services, - encouraging the definition by the Member States of common positions in international negotiations on issues relating to the legal and economic environment of remote sensing.