definiens: means the countries constituting the European Uni on from time to time, together with Switzerland and those additional countries con stituting the European Economic Area from time to t ime ( as of the Effective Date, Iceland, Liechtenstein and N orway ) ; provided, however, that the status of any c ountry that is, as of the Effective Date, a Sanquin Partnered C ountry ( ROW ), shall not change merely because such country becomes a member of the European Union or the Europ ean Economic Area after the Effective Date 3 1.1.18 or means the economic, scientific and political orga nization of member states of the European Union at any time, an d which, as of the Effective Date, consists of Aust ria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Irelan d, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Ne therlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slo venia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, and that cert ain portion of Cyprus included in such organization