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Member States

  • 01/01/1958: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands.

  • 01/01/1973: Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom.

  • 01/01/1981: Greece.

  • 01/01/1986: Portugal and Spain.

  • 01/01/1995: Austria, Finland and Sweden.

  • 01/01/2004: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

  • 01/01/2007: Bulgaria and Romania.

  • 01/01/2013: Croatia. 

Candidate countries

These countries are in the process of 'transposing' (or integrating) EU legislation into national law:

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Potential candidates

Potential candidate countries do not yet fulfil the requirements for EU membership:

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* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

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