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Application of EU Law
Enforceable EU in local EURATOM Citizenship courts
EU Election
Schengen Area
EU VAT Area
EU customs territory
Eurozone
Austria
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Belgium
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bulgaria
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, BGN
Cyprus, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with CYP
- Northern Cyprus area
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Unclear
No, TRY
-
Unclear
?
?
Yes
Yes
?
?
?
No, ERM II with
Member States and Sovereign Territories
UN Buffer Zone
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CYP Czech Republic
Denmark, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, CZK
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with DKK
-
Faroe Islands
No
No
No
No
No
Partial
No
Partial
No, DKK
-
Greenland
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Partial
No
Partial
No, DKK
-
Estonia
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with EEK
Finland, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Yes exemptions
Yes
With Yes exemptions
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Åland
France (Metropolitan), Full except:
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
- Clipperton Island
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
?
No
Unclear
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- Guadeloupe
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
- French Guiana
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
-
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
No, XPF
- French Southern and Antarctic Territories [2]
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes [3]
- Martinique
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
- Mayotte
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
Yes
- New Caledonia
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
No, XPF
- Réunion
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
Yes
- Scattered Islands in the
Unclear
?
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
?
No
French Polynesia
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Indian Ocean Minimal (OCT)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
No, XPF
Germany, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
- Büsingen am Hochrhein
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
Yes
- Heligoland
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
?
Yes
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Hungary
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, HUF
Ireland
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Italy, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
- Campione d'Italia
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Partial
No, CHF
- Livigno
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Partial
Yes
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Greece, except: - Mount Athos
Latvia
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LVL
-
-
-
Lithuania
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with LTL
Luxembourg
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Malta
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with MTL
Netherlands, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, AWG
Netherlands Antilles
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, ANG
Poland
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, PLN
Portugal, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Aruba
Azores
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Madeira
Romania
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, RON
Yes
Slovakia
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
No, ERM II with SKK
Slovenia
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Signatory
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spain, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Canary Islands
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
-
Ceuta
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
-
Melilla
With Yes exemptions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No, SEK
United Kingdom, except:
Full
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No, GBP
-
Minimal
Yes [4]
No
No
No
No
No
No
No, GBP
Sweden
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
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(Sovereign Base Areas) -
Anguilla
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, XCD
-
Bermuda
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No, BMD
British Antarctic Territory [2]
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
?
No, GBP [5]
British Indian Ocean Territory
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, GBP
-
British Virgin Islands
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, USD
-
Cayman Islands
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, KYD
-
Falkland Islands
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, FKP
-
Gibraltar
With Yes [6] exemptions
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No, GIP
No
Partial
No
No
No
Yes
No, GGP
Guernsey together Minimal with dependencies Alderney, Herm and
Yes [7]
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Sark -
Jersey
Minimal
Yes [8]
No
Partial
No
No
No
Yes
No, JEP
-
Isle of Man
Minimal
Yes [9]
No
Partial
No
No
Yes
Yes
No, IMP
-
Montserrat
Minimal (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, XCD
-
Pitcairn Islands
Minimal (OCT)
Yes [10]
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, NZD
Saint Helena together with dependencies Minimal Ascension Island and (OCT) Tristan da Cunha
Yes [11]
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, SHP
South Georgia and the Minimal South Sandwich Islands (OCT)
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, GBP
Turks and Caicos Islands
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Partial
No, USD
Minimal (OCT)
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EU laws applied in some non-member countries and their sovereign territories
States and Sovereign Territories
Application of EU Law
Schengen Area EU VAT Area
EU customs territory
Andorra
No
No
No
Partial, not De facto Yes agricultural prod.
Iceland
Partial
Yes
No
Partial, not No, ISK agricultural prod.
Liechtenstein
Partial
Signatory
No
Partial, not No, CHF agricultural prod.
Monaco
No
Formally no De facto yes
No
Yes
Norway
Partial
Yes
No
Partial, not No, NOK agricultural prod.
Partial
No
No Not even in VAT-union No with Norway
- Svalbard
Eurozone
Yes
No, NOK
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- Bouvet Island
?
No
?
No
No, NOK
- Peter I Island [2]
?
No
?
No
No, NOK [5]
- Queen Maud Land [2]
?
No
?
No
No, NOK [5]
San Marino
No
Formally no De facto yes
No
Yes
Yes
Switzerland
No
Signatory
No
Partial
No, CHF
Vatican City
No
Formally no De facto yes
No
?
Yes
Dependent territories Denmark Division
Administration
Faroe Islands
Self-governing overseas administrative division since 1948. Part of the Kingdom of Denmark but not of the European Union.
Greenland
Self-governing overseas administrative division since 1979. Part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Left the European Union in 1986.
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France
Territory
Administration
Clipperton Island #
Atoll administered by by a high commissioner of the French Republic from French Polynesia. No permanent population.
French Polynesia
Overseas collectivity since 2003; Overseas country since 2004.
French Southern and Antarctic Lands # Overseas territory since 1955, administered from Paris by an Administrateur Superieur (since May 2000, François Garde assisted by Secretary General Jean-Yves Hermoso). Includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet and the Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, plus Adélie Land, the French-claimed sector of Antarctica. No permanent population.
Mayotte
Departmental collectivity since 2001; overseas collectivity since 2003.
New Caledonia
"Sui generis" collectivity since 1999; appears on the United Nations list of Non-SelfGoverning Territories.
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
Territorial collectivity since 1985; overseas collectivity since 2003.
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Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean #
Wallis and Futuna
Islands in the Mozambique Channel and Indian Ocean administered on behalf of the French state by the senior administrator of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. No permanent population.
Overseas territory since 1961; overseas collectivity since 2003.
Netherlands
Country
Administration
Aruba
Full autonomy in internal affairs obtained upon separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986; Government of the Netherlands responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands but not of the European Union.
Netherlands Antilles
Full autonomy in internal affairs granted in 1954; Government of the Netherlands responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not of the European Union.
United Kingdom Overseas territories
Administration
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Anguilla
British overseas territory.
Bermuda
British overseas territory or self-governing territory as defined by the UK.
British Antarctic Territory #
The UK's Antarctic claim.
British Indian Ocean Territory #
British overseas territory administered by a commissioner resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.
British Virgin Islands
British overseas territory with internal self-government.
Cayman Islands
British overseas territory.
Falkland Islands
British overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina.
Gibraltar
British overseas territory, also claimed by Spain.
Montserrat
British overseas territory.
Pitcairn Islands
British overseas territory.
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St. Helena
British overseas territory. St. Helena also administers Ascension Island and the island group of Tristan da Cunha.
South Georgia #
British overseas territory, also claimed by Argentina. Administered from the Falkland Islands by the Governor of the Falkland Islands as representative of the British monarch.
Turks and Caicos Islands
British overseas territory.
Sovereign Base Areas
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Crown dependency
Administration
British overseas territory administered by the Commander of British Forces, Cyprus.
Administration
Guernsey
Crown dependency.
Jersey
Crown dependency.
Isle of Man
Crown dependency.