Pays d'outre-mer
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A pays d'outre-mer (POM, French for 'overseas country') is an administrative division of France. The only territory currently to have this appellation is French Polynesia, which was formerly a territoire d'outre-mer, but its status was changed by constitutional reform on 28 March 2003.
The territory's new status meant a certain autonomy for French Polynesia in the Pacific region, the possibility for the territory to make some laws of its own, and the establishment of French Polynesian citizenship, which is a requirement for the right to vote in regional elections. However, France maintained control over justice, public order, the economy and defence in the territory.
If New Caledonia, currently a collectivité sui generis, chooses to remain part of France in a referendum scheduled for 2014, it will also become a pays d'outre-mer.