साँचा:Outlying territories of European countries

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Inclusion criteria

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:

1. has any political status other than independent, sovereign state;
2. has a common sovereignty with some member state of the Council of Europe;
3. 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 साँचा:convert

4. is not an outlying territory of the Asian portions of Russia, Turkey etc.

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.

See also

• साँचा:tl
• {{Countries of Europe}}