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 the UK)
Finland
6 December 1917 (from Russia)
France
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia
established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)
French Polynesia
none (overseas lands of France)
Gabon
17 August 1960 (from France)
Gambia, The
18 February 1965 (from the UK)
Georgia
9 April 1991 (from the Soviet Union)