L'UE reconnait depuis de longues années les spécificités communes aux Açores, iles Canaries, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Madère, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion et Saint Martin, et leur accorde un statut particulier.
For many years the EU has acknowledged the specific features common to the Azores, the Canary Islands, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Madeira, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint Martin, and has afforded them a special status.