GIBRALTAR BACKGROUND
Gibraltar is situated at the Southern most tip of the Iberian Peninsula, covering an area of 2.75 square miles, joined to the Spanish mainland by a narrow isthmus upon which its international airport is built. Africa at its closest point is 9 miles away in the form of the Spanish territory of Ceuta. The Moroccan City of Tangier is 32 miles away at the western end of the Straits of Gibraltar which connect the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Gibraltar is a member of the European Union unlike Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man which only have associated status. It is a dependant territory of the United Kingdom and has full access to the Single Market by virtue if the United Kingdom's membership under Article 227 (4) of the Treaty of Rome and the UK Act of Accession.
