b'precisely because Greenland is a sovereignIn general, the Channel Islands apply the nation and not part of the EU.23 EUs customs code but do not abide by the EUs free movement of people and services. Surprisingly, (or perhaps not surprisingly,)The relations between the Channel Islands the then prime minister of Greenland,and the EU are laid out in further detail Kuupik Kleist, said he will not favour thebelow. EU over China or other investors when granting access to highly prized rare earthAs part of the UK accession to the then minerals. It is also important to note thatEEC, the Channel Islands gained access to because Greenland is not within the EU, thethe EEC in certain areas, mainly in customs Greenland government can freely negotiatepolicy and in aspects of the Common with foreign investorsa profound privilegeAgricultural Policy (CAP). Thus, goods of a sovereign nation. Greenland can tailor itsimported into the islands from outside the approach in accordance with what is mostUnion are subject to the same common beneficial to its perceived national interests.24 customs tariff and agricultural levies as goods imported into the UK. The Islands can keep the proceeds from import duties5.3. Algeriaand agricultural levies on imports from third countries, but they do not benefit fromAt least one academic considers thatEU funds for producers. They are fiscally Algerias independence from France createdindependent, although the proper functioning a further precedent. As a colony of France,of free trade has to be maintained. The Algeria was a part of the European EconomicEuropean Commission has the power to Community (EEC) from its origination i.e. withmonitor local aid schemes to industry. the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957. In 1962, Algeria secured political independenceChannel Islanders are not EU citizens, are from France and effectively left the then EEC.not represented in the EU institutions and are not entitled to EU funding or benefits. Treaty Algeria remains a trading partner of the EU.provisions on the freedom of movement and Indeed, in 2016, Algerias exports to the EUright of establishment do not apply (Article 2 were 35.2 billion.25 of Protocol 3 of Act of Accession) but all EU nationals must receive identical treatment within these territories. In a parliamentary5.4. The Channel Islandsreply in 1999, Lord Williams of Mostyn explained the status of British passportThe Channel Islands are Crownholders resident in the Channel Islands and Dependencies. They are not part of the UKthe Isle of Man with regard to free movement or the EU, but possessions of the Britishwithin the EU: Crown with independent administrations. Their parliaments/ assemblies pass their[They] have full British citizenship and own legislation with the assent of the Crownright of abode in the United Kingdom. granted in the Privy Council.But they benefit from European Union provisions relating to the free movement of For their current status to change, all 27persons or services only if they have close member states would have to unanimouslyties with the United Kingdom; that is if assent, as happened when Greenland, athey, a parent, or grandparent were born or Danish territory, changed its status and leftnaturalised in the United Kingdom or they the EEC in 1985.have been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for a period of five years. 26168'