In application of the mandate, contained in article 138.1 of the Spanish Constitution, to deal with the circumstances of the island, a system of compensation for the marine and air transport of goods with origin or destination in the Canary Islands, the purpose of which is to compensate for the 'cost overruns' which the traffic of products is experiencing as a result of the remoteness of the archipelago of the peninsular territory and of the European Union. This compensation scheme, in respect of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community, has been regulated by Royal Decree 362/2009 of 20 March 2009.

The order now approved is due to the need to comply with the provisions of the aforementioned royal decree, in which Article 7.2 expressly states that, for the purposes of delimiting the maximum eligible amount, they shall be drawn up Each year, for the air traffic, the type costs for the inter-island traffic and for the Canarias-Cádiz route, in the case of the maritime traffic, and Canarias-Barajas. For its part, the third paragraph of the same article specifies that the determination of these costs will be carried out by the Ministry of Public Works, which must ask for the necessary information from the independent operators acting in the routes.

In its virtue, I have:

First. Determination of type costs. -Type costs, as referred to in Article 7.2 of Royal Decree 362/2009 of 20 March 2009 on compensation for the carriage of goods by sea and air not covered by Annex I to the Treaty establishing the Community European, with origin or destination in the Canary Islands, are fixed, in terms of transport carried out in 2009, for inter-island traffic and for the Canary-Cadiz route, in the case of maritime traffic, and Canarias-Barajas, in the air, as well as for the different transport units normally used, in the same amounts to those set out in Order FOM/2198/2009 of 27 July 2009 determining for the year 2008 the rate applicable to the eligible costs covered by Royal Decree 362/2009 of 20 March 2009 on compensation to the maritime and air transport of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community, with origin or destination in the Canary Islands.

Second. Entry into force. -This order shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, July 8, 2010. -Minister of Development José Blanco López.