ob upoštevanju družbenega, gospodarskega, kulturnega in ekološkega pomena gojenja banan na območjih Skupnosti v francoskih prekomorskih departmajih, na Madeiri, Azorih, Algarvu, Kreti, Lakoniji in Kanarskih otokih, za katera je značilna izoliranost, oddaljenost in strukturna zaostalost, te razmere pa v nekaterih primerih zaostruje še gospodarska odvisnost od gojenja banan;
Having regard to the social, economic, cultural and environmental importance of banana-growing in the Community regions of the French Overseas Departments, Madeira, the Azores, the Algarve, Crete, Lakonia and the Canary Islands, which are regions characterized by insularity, remoteness and structural backwardness, aggravated in some cases by economic dependence on banana growing,