Nadalje se lahko v najbolj oddaljenih regijah, ki izpolnjujejo pogoje za izjemo po členu 87(3)(a) in (c) Pogodbe, odobri pomoč, ki se postopoma ne zmanjšuje in ni časovno omejena, če je namenjena izravnavi dodatnih stroškov, ki izhajajo iz opravljanja gospodarske dejavnosti zaradi dejavnikov, opredeljenih v členu 299(2) Pogodbe, če bi njihovo trajanje in kombinacija resno ovirala razvoj v teh regijah (oddaljenost, otoškost, majhnost, težavna topografija in podnebje ter gospodarska odvisnost od majhnega števila izdelkov).
Moreover, in the outermost regions qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(a) and (c) of the Treaty, aid which is not both progressively reduced and limited in time may be authorised in so far as it is intended to offset the additional costs arising in the pursuit of economic activity from the factors identified in Article 299(2) of the Treaty, the permanence and combination of which severely restrain the development of such regions (remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, and economic dependence on a few products).