Variable Geometry Within the EU David Martin MEP Alyn Smith MEP Fall 08 Table of Contents Status within the EU ............................................................................................................. 3 Full Membership .......................................................................................................................... 3 The Single Market ........................................................................................................................ 3 Citizenship .................................................................................................................................... 4 Schengen ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Eurozone ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Customs and VAT Unions ........................................................................................................... 5 A tabular summary of the various VAT/Custom rules and where they apply. ................................ 6 EFTA ............................................................................................................................................... 8 Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries ........................................................................... 9 Outmost Regions (OMR) ........................................................................................................................ 9 Overseas countries and territories (OCT) ............................................................................................ 9 A map illustrating EU Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) and Outermost Regions (OMRs) .................................................................................................................... 10 Alphabetic list of variable geometry within the EU’s Internal and External Relationships ....................................................................................................................... 11 Åland Islands .............................................................................................................................. 11 Andorra ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Portuguese Autonomous Regions ........................................................................................... 12 Azores ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 Madeira .................................................................................................................................................. 12 British Crown Dependency ....................................................................................................... 12 Jersey ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 Guernsey ................................................................................................................................................ 13 Isle of Man (Crown dependency) ........................................................................................................ 13 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (British Sovereign Base Areas) ............................................................ 13 British Overseas Territories ...................................................................................................... 14 Anguilla .................................................................................................................................................. 14 Bermuda ................................................................................................................................................ 14 British Antarctic Territory .................................................................................................................... 14 British Indian Ocean Territory ............................................................................................................. 14 British Virgin Islands ............................................................................................................................. 15 Cayman Islands ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Falkland Islands ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Montserrat ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Pitcairn Islands ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ................................................................................ 16 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ............................................................................... 16 Turks and Caicos Islands ...................................................................................................................... 16 Büsingen am Hochrhein ........................................................................................................... 16 Campione d'Italia ....................................................................................................................... 16 Faroe Islands .............................................................................................................................. 17 French overseas regions ........................................................................................................... 17 French Guiana ....................................................................................................................................... 17 Offices of David Martin MEP and Alyn Smith MEP p.1 Guadeloupe ........................................................................................................................................... 17 Martinique ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Mayotte .................................................................................................................................................. 18 Réunion .................................................................................................................................................. 18 Collectivist of Saint Martin ................................................................................................................... 18 French Overseas Territories ..................................................................................................... 18 Saint Barthélemy .................................................................................................................................. 18 French Polynesia ................................................................................................................................... 19 French Southern and Antarctic Lands ................................................................................................ 19 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon ................................................................................................................... 19 Wallis and Futuna ................................................................................................................................. 19 New Caledonia ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Clipperton Island ................................................................................................................................... 20 Gibraltar ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Iceland ......................................................................................................................................... 20 Heligoland ................................................................................................................................... 21 Liechtenstein .............................................................................................................................. 21 Livigno ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Monaco ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Mount Athos ............................................................................................................................... 22 Netherlands Overseas Territories ........................................................................................... 22 Aruba ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Curaçao .................................................................................................................................................