Glossary and list of acronymsArchipelago: A group of islands. Overseas collectivity (OC): Overseas collectivity is the legal status of some territories of the French Republic. There are five: French Polynesia, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna. Certain areas like defence, justice, the treasury are under the jurisdiction of the French State. Saint Pierre and Miquelon is an OC since the constitutional amendment of March 2003. Before that, the archipelago was a special status territorial collectivity since 1985. Territorial collectivity: A territorial collectivity is a French administrative structure, distinct from the State administrative structure, which is responsible for the welfare of the population of the territory. A territorial collectivity may be a commune, a department, an overseas department, a region, an overseas region, a special status collectivity or an overseas collectivity. Territorial council: The territorial council is a political entity including a locally elected president, vice-presidents and territorial councillors (majority and opposition). Job seeker: A job seeker is an unemployed individual. This individual is registered with the national employment agency (l’Agence nationale pour l’emploi) and is registered under various categories corresponding to his/her availability to work, the type of work sought, and the amount of work sought. Landing fees: Landing fees are a tax, levied when goods arrive in a harbour or land from a foreign country, for the purpose of being imported. Tariff on import: The tariff is a direct tax levied on imports, the rate of which is set by the regional council. The revenue belongs to the OCT itself. Overseas Country and Territory (OCT): OCTs are constitutionally attached to an EU member state. Therefore, they are associated with a member state, according to the Treaty of Rome. There are 21 OCTs, attached to Denmark, France, the Netherlands or the United Kingdom. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): « The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in this Part, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention. An EEZ cannot exceed 200 nautical miles. Inside the EEZ, the coastal State has: (a) sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living, of the waters superjacent to the seabed and of the seabed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds; (b) jurisdiction as provided for in the relevant provisions of this Convention with regard to the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures, marine scientific research, the protection and preservation of the marine environment, and other rights and duties provided for in this Convention». ACOA: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency |
