I confirm to you that Mayotte uses the Euro.
Xavier
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BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Romain HODAPP"
<romain_hodapp@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First, different websites :
> The Ministry of the overseas where you can find some basic
informations :
> http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front
> http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front?
id=outremer/decouvrir_outre_mer
> The overseas TV and Radio : RFO :
> http://www.rfo.fr/
> And a particular website about the island of Clipperton. It is a
french
> territory, dependancy of the french polynesia. This micro-island
is disputed
> whith some mexican fishermen. Around this island, there is a big
and
> exclusive french maritime property, as bigger as the french
metropolitan
> territorry. This island is unhabited. There is on this island a
monument
> where it is written 'French Republic' whith a frech flag.
Regularly, this
> monument is garbled by mexican tags. Actually a french scientist
work on ths
> island :
> http://www.jeanlouisetienne.fr/clipperton/default.cfm
> And about the TAAF :
> http://www.taaf.fr/
>
> About these dependancies, two clear status exist :
> - DOM which have THE SAME status of each metropolitan departments.
They are
> IN european union, they use Euro and use the same licence plates
whith the
> code of the department : 971=Guadeloupe, 972=Martinique,
973=Guyane,
> 974=Reunion. ( 0000 XX 971 ; .....)
> Only 4 territories whith the status of DOM. Some departements
> are composed which more than 1 island like Guadeloupe that
included the
> islands of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthelemy. Stamps are the same
that in
> France.
>
> - TOM : all the other islands excepted Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-
Miquelon
> and recently the French Polynesia. They all have a specific
status. They are
> not in European Union and all use the Pacific francs. Stamps are
made by the
> local post. The licence plates are
> different : 0000 WF = Wallis&Futuna, 00000 NC = Nouvelle
Calédonie, 00000 P
> = French Polynesia.
> TAAF (antartic territory and island like Kerguelen) are TOM but
with a
> special mention. These territories are scientific territories.
They make
> their
> own stamps (for money) and probably use Euro. No cars, no licence
plates.
> The
> administration for this territory is based on the Island of the
Reunion
> (DOM)
>
>
>
> Rencently (27 february 2004), the status of French Polynesia has
evolved.
> It is more than a TOM : they now are a "POM" = Pays d'Outre-Mer
(Overseas
> Country)
>
> "La Polynésie française est donc désormais un Pays d'Outre-mer au
sein de la
> République. Elle se gouverne librement et démocratiquement et
constitue une
> collectivité d'Outre-mer dont l'autonomie, garantie par la
République, est
> régie par l'article 74 de la Constitution."
> They govern themselves, freely
> and democratically and constitute an oversea collective which the
autonomy
> is garanteed by the Republic and the article Number 74 of the
constitution
> and he following law.
> French Polynesia is now an overseas country inside the french
Republic.
> Law = Loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut
> d'autonomie de la Polynésie française"
>
> The 2 special status. Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. These
status are
> halfway between DOM and TOM.
> Mayotte : a departmental collective (collectivité départementale).
I don't
> know which money or stamps they use, I don't know if they are in
or out of
> european union. Licence plates are same then others DOM or
metropolitan
> department : 0000 AA 976.
> Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. : a territorial collective (collectivité
> territoriale). I know very well these islands. I lived in Saint-
Pierre. They
> were a TOM until 1976. Then they were a DOM until 1984. Then they
became a
> "collectivité territorial". When they were a DOM, all imported
produces
> (food, ...) came from Newfoundland (Canada) : and consequently OUT
of the
> european union. High taxes were imposed and the "level of life"
was too
> high. Whith the new status, no taxes on importations. But the local
> administration is like all department with a general council
(Conseil
> Général www.cg975.fr) with more autonomy or authority.
> They use Euro (pacific francs will be not a good idea in north
atlantic !!!!
> They use metropolitan stamps but printed "Saint-Pierre-et-
Miquelon). They
> also make their own stamps. During the period of DOM, no special
stamps were
> produced : only metropolitan (national stamps). Licence plates
are : "0000
> SPM" and since "9999 SPM" they use "SPM 000 A". They refused to
change for
> "0000 AA 975"
> They are not the territory
> of the european union, and I never saw a european flag. BUT, they
will vote
> in the future french referendum about the euopean constitution.
But, in
> past, on european referendum, just few persons had voted.
> http://www.grandcolombier.com/
>
>
> Bye
> Romain
>