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==Member countries==
The [[Member states of the European Union|member states]] of the European Union are members; however other states may become members of it by means of agreements concluded between them and the EU.

It was the first EU body to open its membership to the 13 candidate countries (pre-[[enlargement of the EU|2004 enlargement]]).

The EEA has 32 member countries and six cooperating countries. The members are the 27 [[European Union member state]]s together with [[Iceland]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Norway]], [[Switzerland]] and [[Turkey]].

Since [[Brexit]] in 2020, the UK is not a member of the EU anymore and therefore not a member state of the EEA.

The six [[Western Balkans|Western Balkan]] countries are cooperating countries: [[Albania]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Montenegro]], [[North Macedonia]], [[Serbia]] as well as [[Kosovo]] under the [[UN Security Council]] Resolution 1244/99.<ref>[http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/countries-and-eionet Countries and Eionet], European Environment Agency, Retrieved on 24 July 2013.</ref> These cooperation activities are integrated into Eionet and are supported by the EU under the "Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance".

The EEA is an active member of the [[EPA Network]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://epanet.ew.eea.europa.eu/| title = European Network of the Heads of Environment Protection Agencies.| access-date = 15 April 2012| archive-date = 30 May 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100530071547/http://epanet.ew.eea.europa.eu/| url-status = dead}}</ref>
 
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! EU Member countries !! non-EU Member countries !! Cooperating countries 
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| {{flag|Austria}} || {{flag|Iceland}} || {{flag|Albania}}
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| {{flag|Belgium}} || {{flag|Liechtenstein}} || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} 
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| {{flag|Bulgaria}} ||  {{flag|Norway}} ||  {{flag|Kosovo}}<ref>(under the UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99)</ref>
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| {{flag|Croatia}} || {{flag|Switzerland}} || {{flag|Montenegro}}
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| {{flag|Czech Republic}} || {{flag|Turkey}} || {{flag|North Macedonia}}
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| {{flag|Cyprus}} || || {{flag|Serbia}}
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| {{flag|Denmark}} 
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| {{flag|Estonia}}
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| {{flag|Finland}} 
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| {{flag|France}} 
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| {{flag|Germany}} 
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| {{flag|Greece}} 
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| {{flag|Hungary}} 
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| {{flag|Ireland}}
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| {{flag|Italy}} 
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| {{flag|Latvia}} 
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| {{flag|Lithuania}} 
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| {{flag|Luxembourg}} 
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| {{flag|Malta}} 
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| {{flag|Netherlands}} 
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| {{flag|Poland}} 
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| {{flag|Portugal}}
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| {{flag|Romania}} 
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| {{flag|Slovakia}} 
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| {{flag|Slovenia}} 
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| {{flag|Spain}} 
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| {{flag|Sweden}} 
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