Overseas collectivity

• French Polynesia became a COM in 2003, and has a great deal of autonomy. Its statutory law of 27 February 2004 gives it the designation of overseas country inside the Republic (French: pays d'outre-mer au sein de la République, or POM), but without legal modification of its status. Its executive is the President of French Polynesia (Le président de la Polynésie française), and its legislature since 2004 is the Assembly of French Polynesia.
• Saint Barthélemy, an island in the Lesser Antilles. St. Barthelemy was separated from the overseas department of Guadeloupe in 2007. It has a territorial council and executive council, and in 2012 ceased to be part of the European Union.
• Saint Martin, the northern part of the island of Saint Martin in the Lesser Antilles. St. Martin was separated from the overseas department of Guadeloupe in 2007. It has a territorial council and executive council, and with separation remained a part of the European Union.
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It has a territorial council. It is the last remaining part of New France to be under French rule.
• Wallis and Futuna, three small islands in the Pacific Ocean has a high administrator and territorial assembly.

COM is one possible status in Overseas France, the other inhabited territories are the less-autonomous overseas departments and regions (DROM), and the more-autonomous New Caledonia.

Former COMs and overseas territories

• Mayotte was a COM from 1976 until 31 March 2011, when it became an overseas department.
• New Caledonia was classified as an overseas territory beginning in 1946, but as a result of the 1998 Nouméa Accord, it gained a special status (statut particulier or statut original) in 1999. A New Caledonian citizenship was established, and a gradual transfer of power from the French state to New Caledonia itself was begun, which was due to take from fifteen to twenty years. A series of referendums on further reforms have been held since 2018, with voters choosing to remain part of France, despite unrest.