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"Saint-Barthélemy, a French island in the Lesser Antilles, was dependent on the overseas department (DOM) of Guadeloupe until 1 January 2012, when the island officially became an overseas collectivity (COM). The French Republic had been expecting this change in status and asked the European Council to adopt a decision with regard to the island of Saint-Barthélemy, in order to change its status from that of an outermost region to that of a country and territory associated with the European Union (PTOM). Following the change in status at national level, it was consistent to review the European status of this French COM. By adopting the status of a country and territory associated with the European Union, the island will now enter into a new reciprocal and lasting partnership with the European Union that suits its specific characteristics without prejudicing its membership of the European family. PTOM nationals are European citizens, but they are not part of the European Union and are not bound by European law. The island will keep the euro as its currency and its citizens will remain European citizens. Its bonds with the European Union will therefore remain intact."@en1
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