b'3.3. The EU Customs Union - Turkey, San Marino, Andorra and Monaco In the context of trade, the EU is, simply, apermanent settlement for all citizens of EU Customs Union. From the point of view ofmember states); they are exempt from the thispaper,itisanimportantdistinctionCommon Agricultural and Common Fisheries that a country can be in the EU Customspolicies; and, moreover, they make no Union without being in the EU political union.financial contributionsto the EU. That is the agreement that Turkey and three micro-countriesAndorra, San Marino andThe disadvantage is that the EU Customs Monacocurrently have with the EU. ThereUnionas with other Customs Unions are big pluses: those countries economies requires of its signatories that they are not subject to the rules of the EUs Single[impose] a common external tariff (or tax) on Market; there is no requirement for the freesubstantially all goods imported from outside movement of people (in reality, a right ofthe customs union.58 3.3.1. Andorra, San Marino and Turkey Arguably, Andorra and San Marino have moreTurkey has been in the EU Customs Union favourable and better terms as members ofsince 1996 (with the important exception the EU Customs Union than the UK enjoyedof agriculture). As a consequence, Turkey from full EU membership. Certainly, in theexports industrial and processed agricultural context of trade agreements, Andorra andgoods to the EU free of tariffs and has San Marino have better terms.done so since 1996.5987'