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Strategy for the EU’s outermost regions

107 submissions from 74 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.

The Commission received 137 submissions on this file. Shown here: the 107 from organizations. Not shown: 18 from private individuals. Their submissions are personal data; the Commission publishes them under its own legal basis, and republishing them by name here would need one we do not have. Organizations act in a public capacity, so their positions are public record. Also not shown: 12 further submissions we do not publish for other reasons: no quotable text (a comment under 250 characters and no readable paper), no organization named, or a private person who filed under their own name. About this data →

Who showed up

34 submissions from industry (companies and their trade associations) against 8 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions. That is 4.3 industry submissions for every one from civil society.

Industry 34Civil society 8Public authorities, academia, other 26

Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations: a body that filed twice is counted twice. An identical text filed by several organizations counts once: 39 submissions here repeat 6 texts word for word and are folded into them.

What the room declares

13 of 74
in the EU Register
29
full-time lobbying staff
€3.6M+
declared costs a year
14
EP accreditations declared

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 15 Oct 2026). The cost figure sums band floors, so the true total is higher.

The file, right now

No consultation closing date is recorded for this file.

Where it stands
Awaiting adoption
Commission reference
COM(2026)660

How it got here

  1. Call for evidence12 Jan 2026

Also on the Commission’s pipeline for this file, with no date recorded: Initiative planned, Communication.

Filed word for word by several organizations

One block of text on this file was submitted, identically, by three or more organizations. Shared text is a fact about the filings; what it means is for the reader.

20 organizations: ARIBEV, ARIFEL, ARIPA, Association des Moyennes et Petites Industries de Guyane, CIRT DOM, CRPMEM de La Réunion, Eurodom, IGUAFLHOR, IGUAVIE, Sa des Rhumeries agricoles de Bellevue Mgte, SFC, SICA CANNE-UNION DE MARTINIQUE, SICA organisation de producteurs - SICALAIT, Sica Revia, SRIG, Syndicat du Sucre de La Réunion, UGPBAN Union des Groupements de Producteurs de Banane de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, UGPBAN Union des Groupements de Producteurs de Bananes de Guadeloupe et de Martinique, UNION DES PRODUCTEURS DE BANANE DE LA MARTINIQUE, Union Réunionnaise des Coopératives Agricoles (URCOOPA)

“Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.”

Showing 25 of 107 submissions.

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Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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Martinique, the strategic territory of the European Union, is at a decisive crossroads. The Outermost Region (OR), rich in its geostrategic, natural and cultural assets, continues to face major challenges: food autonomy, climate resilience, regional integration, energy transition and economic diversification.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Jeunes Agriculteurs de Guadeloupe

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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As part of the European Commission’s public consultation on the Omnibus RUP initiative, I am pleased to send you, on behalf of young farmers in Guadeloupe, a priority recommendation sheet aimed at helping to adapt and simplify the European frameworks applicable to the outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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CONSEIL DEPARTEMENTAL DE MAYOTTE

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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Please find attached the contribution of the Departmental Council of Mayotte to the renewal of the strategy for the outermost regions. This is of particular importance for Mayotte, whose ability to fit sustainably into European priorities and objectives requires, first and foremost, the restoration of a solid structural foundation.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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CONSEIL DEPARTEMENTAL DE MAYOTTE

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The Departmental Council of Mayotte welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to adapt and simplify European frameworks in order to improve their effectiveness and implementation, taking into account the specific characteristics of the outermost regions (ORs). The attached contribution is fully in line with this approach.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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CRPMEM de La Réunion

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the package of regulatory simplification measures for the EU’s outermost regions. We take good note of the Commission’s desire to strengthen the current OR strategy in the light of the new challenges facing our economic and social players and to simplify European legislation.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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CRPMEM de La Réunion

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · same text as 19 other organizations · source

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Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana (CTG) supports the European Commission’s initiative to revise the European strategy for the outermost regions and would like to reiterate its contribution of 13 August 2025, the findings and proposals of which remain timely and topical.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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SRIG

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · same text as 19 other organizations · source

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Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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SRIG

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · same text as 19 other organizations · source

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Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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GROUPEMENT DES PRODUCTEURS DE BANANE

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The simplification exercise should consolidate a cross-cutting approach based on proportionality, normative adaptation and policy coherence, ensuring that the implementation of the Union’s strategic objectives effectively contributes to the sustainable development, competitiveness and economic and social cohesion of the outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Chambres d'agriculture France

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

The Chambers of Agriculture welcome the European Commission’s initiative to launch a regulatory simplification package specific to the outermost regions (ORs). In these territories, European policies apply in a context marked by structural constraints, recognised by Article 349 TFEU: remoteness, insularity, closeness of markets, dependence on imports, increased exposure to climate and health hazards.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Conseil régional de La Réunion

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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With this written contribution, the Réunion Region shares its guidelines for the legislative simplification package initiative for the EU’s outermost regions. Less resilient to crises, more fragile in its economic base, placed in a geographical area where none of the European rules apply (creating de facto asymmetric conditions of competition), Réunion needs a specific simplified framework, taking into account its…

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Asociación Canaria de Industriales Tabaqueros (ACIT)

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The Asociación Canaria de Industriales Tabaqueros (ACIT) is a non-profit business association with its own legal personality and full capacity to act in complete independence and autonomy in order to achieve its objectives.

Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission

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Asociación Canaria de Industriales Tabaqueros (ACIT)

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The Asociación Canaria de Industriales Tabaqueros (ACIT) is a non-profit business association with its own legal personality and full capacity to act in complete independence and autonomy in order to achieve its objectives.

Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission

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SICA CANNE-UNION DE MARTINIQUE

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

The outermost regions share a base of permanent structural handicaps (remoteness, insularity, closeness of markets, additional logistical costs, climate risks) which justify stronger and consistent implementation of Article 349 TFEU across the acquis.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Fédération des entreprises des Outre-mer

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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SICA CANNE-UNION DE MARTINIQUE

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · same text as 19 other organizations · source

Please find attached a document setting out the requests from overseas socio-professionals concerning the revision of the forthcoming OR strategy and the package of measures to simplify the rules for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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GROUPEMENT DES PRODUCTEURS DE BANANES

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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Overall objective must be clear: no new legislative or budgetary initiative should aggravate the structural handicaps of the outermost regions; any simplification must be assessed in terms of its practical effects on these territories, in the context of a genuine ‘OR reflex’ systematised at the heart of the next multiannual financial framework 2028-2034 and the Union’s policies.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Gobierno de Canarias

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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This contribution from the Government of the Canary Islands, in the attached document, forms part of the call for evidence Ares (2025) 9919727, launched by the Commission on 17 November 2025, concerning the regulatory simplification package for the EU’s outermost regions.

Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission

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APEB

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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We take good note of the Commission’s initiative to update the strategy for the outermost regions and to propose a simplification regulation. This is a step in the right direction since the outermost regions, which face permanent structural handicaps (remoteness, insularity, small markets, additional logistical costs, climate risks), require stronger and consistent implementation of Article 349 TFEU throughout the…

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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GROUPEMENT DES PRODUCTEURS DE BANANES

· · filed 12 Jan 2026 · source

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The ORs share permanent structural handicaps such as remoteness, insularity, tight markets, additional logistical costs and increased exposure to climate risks, which justify greater, consistent and cross-cutting implementation of Article 349 TFEU throughout the European acquis.

Filed in French · English published by the European Commission

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Method. Every quote is verbatim from the organization’s own submission to the European Commission, trimmed to its opening passage and never summarized by a model. Where a submission was filed in another EU language we show the English text the European Commission publishes alongside it, labeled on the quote; the original is one click away at the source. Groupings use the respondent type the organization itself selected when filing. We deliberately do not label anyone “supportive” or “opposed”. You read what they wrote and draw your own conclusion. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.