Grænland er eina landsvæðið sem hefur gengið úr Evrópubandalaginu — eftir þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslu 1982 (52% fylgjandi) og formlegan útgang 1. febrúar 1985. Sjávarútvegsstefnan var aðalástæðan þar sem íbúar (um 56.000) töldu hana ógna staðbundinni stjórn yfir fiskveiðum. Grænland samdi um OCT-tengsl og fiskverkasamninga við ESB.
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Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, is the only territory to have left the European Community. Following a 1982 referendum (52% in favour of leaving), Greenland withdrew from the EEC on 1 February 1985 under a special treaty amendment. The primary motivation was fisheries policy — Greenland's population of ~56,000 depended heavily on fishing, and the EEC's Common Fisheries Policy was seen as threatening local control. Greenland retained an Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) association with the EU and negotiated a fisheries partnership agreement granting EU vessels access to Greenlandic waters in exchange for financial compensation.
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Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities (1984)
Sáttmálinn um breytingu á stofnsáttmálum Evrópubandalaganna varðandi Grænland (1984) er lagalegur grundvöllur útgöngu Grænlands og tengist EUR-Lex lagagagnasafninu.
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Greenland's departure predated the Maastricht Treaty and the modern EU. It left the EEC, not the EU as it exists today. Greenland is an autonomous territory, not a sovereign state, making the precedent imperfect. However, the fisheries-driven motivation is directly relevant to Icelandic concerns. Greenland's OCT status provides a model of partial association.