British Overseas Territories is the only overseas territory that is part of the European Union (EU), although it is not part of the European Customs Union, the European Tax Policy, the European Statistics Zone or the Common Agriculture Policy. Gibraltar is not a member of the European Union in its own right. The Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus are not part of the European Union, but they are the only British overseas territory to use the euro as official currency. None of the other Overseas Territories are members of the EU, the main body of EU law does not apply and, although certain
British National (Overseas) citizens on 21 May 2002. British Nationals (Overseas) with other citizenship or nationalities can be registered (instead of being naturalized) as British citizens under section 4 of the "British Nationality Act 1981". To qualify for registration, the applicant must: Registration under section 4 confers British citizenship "otherwise than by descent", meaning that their children born outside the UK will be British citizens "by descent". Alternatively, they may apply for naturalization, which requires the applicants to meet knowledge and language requirements (e.g., by passing the Life in the United Kingdom test) in addition to residency requirements. However, there is a shorter