European Union
7 February 1992 (Maastricht Treaty signed
establishing the EU); 1 November 1993 (Maastricht Treaty entered
into force)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
none (overseas territory of the
UK; also claimed by Argentina)
Faroe Islands
none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing
overseas administrative division of Denmark)
Fiji
10 October 1970 (from UK)
Finland
6 December 1917 (from Russia)
France
486 (unified by Clovis)
French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France)
Gabon
17 August 1960 (from France)
Gambia, The
18 February 1965 (from UK)
Georgia
9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)