The Crown Dependencies are each self-governing, have directly elected legislative assemblies, and their own legal systems and courts of law. They are in the customs union under Protocol 3 and in the single market for goods, although not for services because they did not want to be. The Crown Dependencies Customs Union (Jersey) (EU Exit) Order 2019 (S.I 2019/256). This article is based on the new rules in those territories, although the substance of the legislation introduced in other territories is broadly the same. From the longer Wikipedia page [1] The Crown dependencies (French: Dépendances de la Couronne; Manx: Croghaneyn-crooin) are three island territories off the coast of Great Britain that are self-governing possessions of The Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Isle of Man. The Crown dependencies are self-governing1 possessions of the British Crown. The Crown dependency article claims the Crown dependencies, including the Isle of Man, have associate membership in the EU, however, the article on Isle of Man claims it is neither a member, nor an associate member of the EU. The Crown Dependencies participate in the EU to a limited extent (including customs rules and trade in agricultural products) due to Protocol 3 of the UK’s accession to the EU. The EU Select Committee published a report in 2017 which analysed the impact of the UK withdrawal on the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. The Crown dependencies consist of the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel.. Being three independently administered jurisdictions, they are not part of the United Kingdom or overseas territories of the United Kingdom. They are not represented in the UK’s parliament and are not recognised as independent sovereign states. Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and interpretation. The new measures will need to be finalised before 31 December 2018, when the EU will start its revision of the tax haven backlist. "We respect the long and proud tradition that the Crown dependencies are responsible for their own territorial waters." The Crown dependencies are not in the European Union but a great deal of their trading activity is affected by the EU. Can anyone cite a definite source so that … They are distinct from the overseas territories of the United Kingdom.2 As of 2014update, three jurisdictions held this status: the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. They are self-governing possessions of the Crown (defined uniquely in each jurisdiction). Threats by the EU lead to the introduction of laws to prevent companies dodging tax in the Crown Dependencies. 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