EG-8

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The designation EG-8 ( EG ) was used in Switzerland for a group of member states of the European Union . Today ( EU ) the group is increasingly referred to as EU-8 . These are the states that acceded on May 1, 2004 ( EU enlargement 2004 ) except Malta and Cyprus .

In this context, similar abbreviations are used for other groups of member states of the European Union :

  • " EG-6 " - for the six founding members of the EEC ( European Economic Community )
  • " EG-9 " - for the EG-6 plus the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark which joined on January 1, 1973
  • " EG-10 " - for the EG-9 plus Greece, which joined on January 1, 1981
  • " EG-12 " - for the EG-10 plus the states of Spain and Portugal that joined on January 1, 1986
  • " EU-15 " - for the EC-12 plus the states Finland, Austria and Sweden that joined on January 1, 1995
  • " EU-17 " - for the EU-15 plus the states of Malta and Cyprus that joined on May 1, 2004

The EU-8 countries

The EU-15 countries

The 15 EU members 1995–2003

The designation EU-15 (formerly EG-15) is mainly used in Switzerland for a group of EU countries. These are the member states of the European Union up to and including 2003:

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Greece
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain")
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Austria
  • Portugal
  • Sweden
  • Spain

Web links, individual references

  1. ↑ (link no longer active) Definitions ( memento of the original from January 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Migration Office Canton Aargau @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ag.ch
  2. ↑ (link no longer active) citizens of EG-8 ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Canton of Schwyz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz.ch
  3. ↑ Free movement of persons: valve clause expires , Swiss Federal Chancellery, April 30, 2014
  4. ↑ a b c Free movement of persons Switzerland - EU / EFTA , SEM , on sem.admin.ch - there: EU-15 the "old" EU member states, EU-17 plus Cyprus and Malta, EU-8 ten new EU states minus Cyprus and Malta