Mr. John David Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the dependent territories of member states which are associated with the European Economic Community, indicating in each case their relationship with the Community and which Ministers represent them in the Council of Ministers.
§ Mr. RifkindThe following dependent territories are associated with the European Community under part IV of the treaty of Rome as amended.
France
- French Polynesia
- French Southern and Antarctic Territories
- New Caledonia and Dependencies
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao; St. Martin, Saba, St. Eurstatius)
United Kingdom
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Falkland Islands Dependencies
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn
- St. Helena and Dependencies
- Turks and Caicos Islands
Mayotte, a "territorial collectivity of the French Republic", is also associated with the Community under part IV of the treaty.
Gibraltar is a part of the European Community and the provisions of the treaty of Rome, with some exceptions, apply to it. Certain provisions of Community law also apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
The dependent territories are represented in the European Community Council of Ministers by the relevant functional Minister of the member state of which they are a dependency.