Template:Outlying territories of European countries
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Inclusion criteria[edit]
In order to avoid possible confusion and misunderstanding, the eligibility for inclusion in this template is defined as follows:
- A European outlying territory is a territory which:
- has any political status other than independent, sovereign state;
- has a common sovereignty with some member state of the Council of Europe;
- either:
- (a) the nearest independent country is not a member of the Council of Europe; or
- (b) the distance to the nearest European territory is more than 400 nautical miles (740 km)
Note: The distance in (a) is measured to the nearest other territory; the distance in (b) is twice the EEZ limit under the Law of the Sea Convention, ensuring that the respective jurisdictional waters are not contiguous.
- is not an outlying territory of the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey, etc.