§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 6 March,Official Report, column 260, if he will list for 532W each EU member state those territories for whose external relations it is responsible; and in each case if the territory is (a) a member of the EU and (b) elects representatives to the European Parliament. [20396]
§ Mr. David DavisThe information requested is as follows:
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Territory Part of EU? Vote in EP elections? Denmark Faroe Islands No No Greenland No (since 1982) No France (The French Overseas Departments are an integral part of France and so are part of the EU and take part in elections to the European Parliament) French Polynesia No No New Caledonia No No Wallis and Futuna No No St. Pierre and Miquelon No No Mayotte No No Netherlands The Netherlands Antilles No No Aruba No No Portugal (The Azores and Madeira are autonomous regions of metropolitan Portugal and so are part of the EU and take part in elections to the European Parliament) Spain (The Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are integral parts of metropolitan Spain and so are part of the EU and take part in elections to the European Parliament) UK Anguilla No No Bermuda No No British Antarctic Territory No No British Indian Ocean Territory No No British Virgin Islands No No Cayman Islands No No Falklands Islands No No Gibraltar Yes No Hong Kong No No Montserrat No No Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno No No Islands St. Helena and Dependencies No No S. Georgia and S. Sandwich Islands No No Turks and Caicos No No Sovereign Base Areas (Cyprus) No No The Channel Islands and Isle of Man apply some parts of the EU treaties, but do not elect representatives to the EP Germany Buesingen Yes Yes Heligoland Yes Yes Italy Livigno Yes Yes Campione d'Italia Yes Yes Finland Aaland Islands Yes Yes Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden have no overseas territories for whose external relations they are responsible