Overseas Countries and Territories
DG Develpoment
Member territories
| Anguilla |
| Aruba |
| British Virgin Islands |
| Cayman Islands |
| The Netherlands Antilles |
| Montserrat |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
| French Polynesia |
| New Caledonia |
| Pitcairn |
| Wallis & Fortuna |
| Greenland |
| St. Pierre & Miquelon |
| British Antarctic Territories |
| The Falklands |
| St. Helena |
| South Georgia & North Sandwich isl. |
| British Indian Ocean Territories |
| TAAF |
| Mayotte |
Overseas Country and Territory Association (OCT)
The Overseas Association Decision (OAD)
According to Part IV of the EC Treaty the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) have since 1964 been associated with the European Union through certain Member States of the European Union (United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Denmark). Based on the EC Treaty the Council unanimously makes decision as to the legal arrangements applicable to the political association of the OCTs with the European Union.
This Decision is commonly referred to as the Overseas Association Decision (OAD) or the OCT Decision. The Decision is primarily a trade regime which gives the OCTs free market access to the European Union. The intention of the decision is also to help to create economical and social prosperity in the territories.
The last OCT Decision from 2001 was supplemented with an amending decision on March 19, 2007. The amending decision was developed in order for the OCT decision to follow the fiscal frames of the EU running until 2013, including the European Development Fund (EDF 10) from which the OCTs benefit (except Greenland). With the 2007 amendment the OCTs furthermore got full access to the EU’s horizontal programs.
Download the OCT Council Decision of 27 November 2001
Download the OCT Amendment Counsil Decision of 19 March 2007