2010/718/EU: European Council Decision of 29 October 2010 amending the status with regard to the European Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy

With effect from 1 January 2012, the island of Saint-Barthélemy shall cease to be an outermost region of the Union and shall have the status of overseas country or territory referred to in Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

The TFEU shall consequently be amended as follows: 1. in the first paragraph of Article 349, the words ‘Saint-Barthélemy’ shall be deleted; 2. in Article 355(1), the words ‘Saint-Barthélemy’ shall be deleted; 3. in Annex II, an indent shall be inserted, between that relating to ‘Saint Pierre and Miquelon’ and that relating to ‘Aruba’, which shall read as follows: ‘— Saint-Barthélemy,’.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. It shall apply from 1 January 2012.