Template:Outlying territories of European countries

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:
 * 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 nmi
 * 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.