شابلون:اروپایی کشورون دیر سامون

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 اروپا شورا;
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 ۴۰۰ مایل دریایی (۷۴۰ km)

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 منطقه انحصاری اقتصادی limit under the کنوانسیون ملل متحد در مورد حقوق دریاها, ensuring that the respective jurisdictional waters are not contiguous.

See also

• {{Sovereign states of Europe}}