41Under Article 299(4) EC, the Treaty is to apply to Gibraltar since it is a Crown colony for whose external relations the United Kingdom is responsible. However, under the Act of Accession, certain Treaty provisions do not apply to Gibraltar (see Case C-30/01 Commission v United Kingdom [2003] ECR I-9481, paragraph 47). Those exceptions were introduced on account of the special legal position of that territory and, in particular, its status as a free port.
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