The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART SEVEN - GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS#Article 356(ex Article 312 TEC)

The Treaties shall not apply to those overseas countries and territories having special relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which are not included in the aforementioned list. 3. The provisions of the Treaties shall apply to the European territories for whose external relations a Member State is responsible. 4.