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Article 227(3): Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)

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This chapter provides an introduction and background to the original version of the third paragraph of Article 227 TEC 1957, dealing with OCTs. The aims and scope of Article 227 (3) are also examined.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Protocol relative to the application of the TEC to the non-European parties of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles and Surinam), 1957.

  2. 2.

    The Charter (statuut) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Statuutvoor het koninkrijk der Nederlanden) entered into force on 31 December 1954 and instituted a new legal order for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

  3. 3.

    The TEC was ratified for Surinam by the Kingdom statute of 19 July 1962, Staatsblad 1962, no. 285; see also Hillebrink 2008, 336.

  4. 4.

    Convention amending the TEC with a view to making applicable to the Netherlands Antilles the special regime of association defined in Part IV of the TEC, concluded at Brussels, 13 November 1962 (entered into force 1 October 1964) Trb. 1963, no.11; JO No. 2414/64, 1 October 1964.

  5. 5.

    For more information on the background to the negotiations regarding the association of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam to the Community, see Brinkhorst 1972.

  6. 6.

    See Annex IV Part Four (Articles 131–136) TEC 1957.

  7. 7.

    Zimmerman 2004.

  8. 8.

    Joined Cases C-100/89 and 101/89, Peter Kaefer and Andréa Procacci v. French State, [1990] ECR I-4647; Case C-260/90 Bernard Leplat v. Territory of French Polynesia [1992] ECR I-643.

  9. 9.

    Case C-430/92 Kingdom of the Netherlands v. Commission [1994] ECR I-5197; Case C-310/95 Road Air BV v. Inspecteur der Invoerrechten en Accijnzen, [1997] ECR I-2229; Joined Cases T-480/93 and T-483/93 Antillean Rice Mills NV, Trading & Shipping Co. Ter Beek BV, European Rice Brokers AVV, Alesie Curaçao NV and Guyana Investments AVV v. Commission [1995] ECR II-2305; Joined Cases T-332/00 and T-350/00 Rica Foods (Free Zone) NV and Free Trade Foods NV v. Commission [2002] ECR II-4755; Oliver 2002, 337.

  10. 10.

    See Annex V infra, Implementing Convention on the Association of Overseas Countries and Territories of the Community, 1957.

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Murray, F. (2012). Article 227(3): Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs). In: The European Union and Member State Territories: A New Legal Framework Under the EU Treaties. T.M.C. Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-826-2_5

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