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Special territories of EU member states

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This table summarises the various components of EU laws applied in the special territories of EU member states.

Member states and territories Application of EU law EURATOM EU citizen­ship EU elections Schengen area EU VAT area EU customs territory EU single market Euro­zone
  Cyprus, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Set to implement later[a] Yes Yes Yes Yes
  UN Buffer Zone With exemptions ? Yes No No No Yes[b] With exemptions[c] Yes
  Northern Cyprus Suspended No Cypriot citizens[d] No No No No[2] No[3] TRY
  Denmark, except: Yes[e] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DKK (ERM II)
  Greenland Minimal (OCT)[4] No[5] Yes No No No No[2] Partial[6] DKK (ERM II)
  Faroe Islands No No[7] No No No No No[2] Minimal (FTA)[8][9] DKK (ERM II)
  Finland, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Åland Islands With exemptions Yes[10] Yes Yes Yes No Yes[2] With exemptions Yes
  France, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  French Guiana With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] VAT free Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Guadeloupe With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] Low-rate VAT Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Martinique With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] Low-rate VAT Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Réunion With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] Low-rate VAT Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Mayotte With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] VAT free Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Saint Martin With exemptions (OMR)[11] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] Low-rate VAT Yes[2] Yes Yes[13]
  Saint Barthélemy Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] No No Partial[6] Yes[13]
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] No No[2] Partial[6] Yes[13]
  Wallis and Futuna Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] No No[2] Partial[6] XPF, pegged to EUR
  French Polynesia Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] No No[2] Partial[6] XPF, pegged to EUR
  New Caledonia Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes Yes[f] No[12] No No[2] Partial[6] XPF, pegged to EUR
  French Southern and Antarctic Lands Minimal (OCT)[4] Yes Yes No[g] No[12] No No[2] Partial[6] Yes[14]
  Clipperton Island ? Yes[15] Yes[14] No[g] No[12] ? ? ? Yes[14]
  Germany, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Büsingen am Hochrhein Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[h] Low-rate VAT No[2] Yes Yes
  Heligoland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VAT free No[2] Yes Yes
  Greece, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Agio Oros Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VAT free[16] Yes[2] Yes Yes
  Italy, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Livigno Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes VAT free No[2] Yes Yes
  Campione d'Italia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[h] Low-rate VAT Yes[17] Yes Yes
  Netherlands, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
    Bonaire Minimal (OCT)[4] No[i] Yes Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] USD[19]
  Saba Minimal (OCT)[4] No[i] Yes Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] USD[19]
  Sint Eustatius Minimal (OCT)[4] No[i] Yes Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] USD[19]
  Curaçao Minimal (OCT)[4] No[20] Yes[j] Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] ANG[k]
  Sint Maarten Minimal (OCT)[4] No[20] Yes[j] Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] ANG[k]
  Aruba Minimal (OCT)[4] ?[7][21] Yes[j] Yes No[12] No No[18] Partial[6] AWG
  Portugal, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Azores Yes (OMR) Yes Yes Yes Yes Local rate Yes Yes Yes
  Madeira Yes (OMR) Yes Yes Yes Yes Local rate Yes Yes Yes
  Spain, except: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  Canary Islands With exemptions (OMR) Yes Yes Yes Yes VAT free Yes Yes Yes
  Ceuta With exemptions Yes Yes Yes Partial[l] VAT free No Yes Yes
  Melilla With exemptions Yes Yes Yes Partial[l] VAT free No Yes Yes
Member states and territories Application of EU law EURATOM EU citizen­ship EU elections Schengen area EU VAT area EU customs territory EU single market Euro­zone
Legend for the "Application of EU law" column:   Full. Part of the EU.[24]Minimal or none. Not part of the EU territory.

Special territories of other European states

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Special territories of EFTA states and some other European countries also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied.[8]

Countries and territories Application of EU law EURATOM Schengen area EU VAT area EU customs territory EU single market Adoption of euro
  Norway, except: Partial No Yes No No With exemptions, in EEA[25] NOK
  Svalbard Partial No No[26] VAT free[27] No No[25][28] NOK
  Jan Mayen Partial No Yes[26][29] VAT free[27] No Like rest of Norway[25] NOK
  Bouvet Island No No No No No No NOK
  Peter I Island No No No No No No NOK
  Queen Maud Land No No No No No No NOK
  Switzerland, except: Partial Associated state Yes Swiss–Liechtenstein VAT area Swiss–Liechtenstein customs territory With exemptions, not in EEA[30] CHF
  Samnaun and Val Sampuoir Partial Associated state Yes VAT free[31] Swiss–Liechtenstein customs territory With exemptions, not in EEA[30] CHF
  Basel Badischer Bahnhof platforms Partial Associated state Yes Yes[31] Yes Yes[30] CHF
  United Kingdom, except: Partial[m] Associated state CTA Goods only, de facto Goods only, de facto Goods only, de facto GBP
  Akrotiri and Dhekelia Partial[32] Associated state Set to implement later[a] Yes[32] Yes[32] Partial[n] Yes[34]
  Gibraltar Partial Associated state Set to implement later[35] No Set to implement later[35] Partial GIP
  Guernsey Partial Associated state CTA No No No GGP
  Jersey Partial Associated state CTA No No No JEP
  Isle of Man Partial Associated state CTA No No No IMP
Other British Overseas Territories No Associated state No No No No Various currencies
Countries and territories Application of EU law EURATOM Schengen area EU VAT area EU customs territory EU single market Adoption of euro


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  8. ^ a b List of free trade agreements
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  14. ^ a b c Art. 1-1-6°, Loi n°55-1052 du 6 août 1955 portant statut des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises et de l'île de Clipperton.
  15. ^ Article 108 of the Euratom Treaty
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  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2019/474 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  19. ^ a b c Article 16 of the law on the monetary system BES Dutch: Wet geldstelsel BES stipulates the use of the Netherlands Antillean guilder as official tender until the official introduction of the US Dollar, probably on 1 January 2011.
  20. ^ a b "Rijkswet aanpassing rijkswetten, nr. 3 MEMORIE VAN TOELICHTING" (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 November 2010. (...) van het Verdrag tot oprichting van de Europese Gemeenschap voor Atoomenergie (Euratom) (Tr. 1957, 92). Dit verdrag geldt niet voor Curaçao en Sint Maarten.
  21. ^ See the PRO PRI.htm Protocol on the application of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community to the non European parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Act ratifying the EAEC Treaty in the Netherlands. The protocol on non-application of EURATOM by derogation was abrogated by Article 8 (III) of the Treaty of Amsterdam, which entered into force in 1999, but there is no evidence that the EURATOM treaty was ever extended to other countries within the Kingdom (now: Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten, formerly: the Netherlands Antilles and Suriname).
  22. ^ Cite error: The named reference OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 69 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ^ "Declaration on the towns of Ceuta and Melilla regarding Schengen".
  24. ^ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union § Article 355
  25. ^ a b c European Economic Area agreement
  26. ^ a b Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis – Final Act, EUR-Lex, 10 July 1999.
  27. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference norway-vat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  28. ^ Agreement on the European Economic Area – Protocol 40 on Svalbard and Declaration for activation of Protocol 40 exclusion.
  29. ^ The Schengen Area (Council of the European Union, 2015)
  30. ^ a b c Through multiple sectoral agreements
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  32. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference brexit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  33. ^ "Foreign Minister says Cyprus not to join Schengen before 2010". Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Berlin. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  34. ^ By the third protocol to the Cyprus adhesion Treaty to EU and British local ordinance (see [1]).
  35. ^ a b Deal between Spain and UK plans to eliminate Gibraltar border checkpoint