Traduction de «Socially handicapped » (Anglais → Français) :

20. Proposes that the Member States should be allowed to use a broader set of parameters for determining regional disadvantages, so that besides low population density other criteria, such as geographical disadvantages, demographic handicaps or liability to natural disasters, are taken into account when determining spatial eligibility for State aid; takes the view that State aid represents a legitimate compensation for the handicaps of insularity, remoteness and small size of a territory, and that such a condition should be considered as an independent criterion for the purposes of the territorial coverage of regional State aid for 2014 ...[+++]–2020, in order to enable island territories to overcome their structural handicaps and ensure the conditions for economic, social and territorial growth;

20. Proposes that the Member States should be allowed to use a broader set of parameters for determining regional disadvantages, so that besides low population density other criteria, such as geographical disadvantages, demographic handicaps or liability to natural disasters, are taken into account when determining spatial eligibility for State aid; takes the view that State aid represents a legitimate compensation for the handicaps of insularity, remoteness and small size of a territory, and that such a condition should be considered as an independent criterion for the purposes of the territorial coverage of regional State aid for 2014 ...[+++]–2020, in order to enable island territories to overcome their structural handicaps and ensure the conditions for economic, social and territorial growth;

– having regard to the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘Towards a better targeting of the aid to farmers in areas with natural handicaps’ (COM(2009)0161),

With a view to enabling them to secure balanced development, regions lagging behind in development terms, undergoing restructuring or suffering from specific geographical, economic or social handicaps should, in addition to the funding available, be given technical assistance in order to enable them to deal with the procedural difficulties surrounding the implementation of EU cohesion policy.

Sadly, it is not always possible to find a solution to social handicaps through state aid or from EU funding in the form of scholarships, grants, loans and other types of support.

The access of all citizens and enterprises to affordable high-quality services of general interest throughout the territory of the Member States is essential for the promotion of social and territorial cohesion in the European Union, including the reduction of handicaps caused by the lack of accessibility of the outermost regions.