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EFTA and The European Union

See also: Accession of Iceland to the European Union and Norway and the European Union

This table summarises the various components of EU laws applied in the EFTA countries and their sovereign territories. Some territories of EU member states also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied as is the case with some European microstates.

EFTA member states
and sovereign territories		 Application
of EU law		 Enforceable in local courts? EURATOM? EU
Membership?		 Schengen area? EU VAT area? EU customs territory? EU single market? Eurozone?
Iceland Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, ISK
Liechtenstein Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, CHF
Norway, except: Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, NOK
Svalbard Partial Unclear No No No No No No No, NOK
Bouvet Island Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, NOK
Peter I Island Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, NOK
Queen Maud Land Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, NOK
Switzerland Partial Unclear No No Yes No No Yes No, CHF

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