The Impact of European Citizenship on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Community

Abstract: This article outlines the far-reaching impact of the introduction of the concept of citizenship of the European Union (EU) on the rules governing the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCT) of the Member States with the European Community (EC). Potentially, such association after Maastricht is principally different from the preceding legal regime: Community law applicable overseas does not stop at the confines of Part IV EC, EU citizenship playing an important role in spelling out the rules for association.