HC Deb 18 January 1984 vol 52 c233W
Mr. John David Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Gibraltar became a full member of the EEC.

Mr. Whitney

Gibraltar became part of the territory of the European Community on the accession of the United Kingdom on January 1973. Since that date the treaty of Rome has applied in all respects to Gibraltar by virtue of article 227.4 except for three specific derogations: the common agricultural policy, the common customs tarrif and the obligation to introduce a value added tax.