1. The European Economic Area member states
The European Economic Area
The ’European Economic Area’ (EEA) comprises the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) plus the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland.
The current member states of the EU are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden.
Switzerland has bilateral agreements with the EU and UK, which provide for Swiss nationals to have similar rights to EEA nationals within the EEA and UK. References to EEA nationals in this Handbook therefore include Swiss nationals.