[MickinUS]

Do all the same rules and regulations apply to France's collectives e.g. St Barth as applies to the mother country?

 

[Bevdeforges]

Not necessarily.

There are two or three different types of "overseas departements and territories." St. Barth is a "collectivité" (but only since 2007) and has a governing council which gives them a certain degree of autonomy, though the territory is considered to be part of France.
Cheers,
Bev

 

[MickinUS]

Thx Bev