ABSTRACT

Summary 64

3.1 Introduction 64

3.2 The membership of the EU 65

3.3 The territorial expansion of the EU 74

Aide-mémoire 82

SUMMARY

1. The chapter focuses on the membership of the EU and on the territorial expansion of the EU. 2. Two aspects of membership are examined:

A. The first relates to both substantive requirements for admission as set out by the Copenhagen Summit in 1993 and to procedural requirements, which are contained in Article 49 EU.