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| 29.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 313/10 |

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DECISION No 1/2017 OF THE JOINT CARIFORUM-EU COUNCIL

established by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part,

of 17 November 2017

concerning the amendment of Annex IX to Protocol I: Overseas countries and territories [2017/2202]

THE JOINT CARIFORUM-EU COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Article 41 of Protocol I thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Protocol I of the Agreement — Concerning the Definition of the Concept of ‘Originating Products’ and Methods of Administrative Cooperation — defines overseas countries and territories (OCTs) to mean the overseas countries and territories set out in Annex IX thereto; |

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| (2) | Following the change of status of Mayotte [(1)](#ntr1-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0001) and Saint-Barthélemy [(2)](#ntr2-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0002), and the entry into force of Council Decision 2013/755/EU [(3)](#ntr3-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0003) on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union, the list of overseas countries and territories in Annex IX to Protocol I of the Agreement should be updated, |

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex IX to Protocol I is replaced by the Annex which is annexed to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2017.

For the CARIFORUM States

K. JOHNSON SMITH

For the EU Party

C. MALMSTRÖM

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[(1)](#ntc1-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0001)  European Council Decision 2012/419/EU of 11 July 2012 amending the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union ([OJ EU L 204, 31.7.2012, p. 131](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2012_204_R_TOC)).

[(2)](#ntc2-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0002)  European Council Decision 2010/718/EU of 29 October 2010 amending the status with regard to the European Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy ([OJ EU L 325, 9.12.2010, p. 4](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2010_325_R_TOC)).

[(3)](#ntc3-L_2017313EN.01001001-E0003)  Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ([OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2013_344_R_TOC)).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX IX TO PROTOCOL I

Overseas countries and territories

For the purposes of this Protocol “overseas countries and territories” means the following countries and territories referred to in Annex II to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union listed below:

(This list is without prejudice to the status of these countries and territories, or future changes in their status.)

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| 1. | Overseas countries and territories that have special relations with the Kingdom of Denmark: | | | | --- | --- | | — | Greenland. | |

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| 2. | Overseas countries and territories that have special relations with the French Republic: | | | | --- | --- | | — | New Caledonia and Dependencies, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | French Polynesia, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Saint Pierre and Miquelon, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Saint Barthélemy, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | French Southern and Antarctic Territories, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Wallis and Futuna. | |

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| 3. | Overseas countries and territories that have special relations with the Kingdom of the Netherlands: | | | | --- | --- | | — | Aruba, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Bonaire, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Curaçao, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Saba, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Sint Eustatius, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Sint Maarten. | |

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| 4. | Overseas countries and territories that have special relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: | | | | --- | --- | | — | Anguilla, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Bermuda, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Cayman Islands, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Falkland Islands, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Montserrat, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Pitcairn, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Saint Helena and Dependencies, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | British Antarctic Territory, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | British Indian Ocean Territory, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | Turks and Caicos Islands, | | | | | --- | --- | | — | British Virgin Islands. | |

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