# Countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) impacted by Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation

As of 2020-08-17, the following countries are considered part of the European Economic Area (EEA) and in scope of Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) regulation:
* Austria = AT
* Belgium = BE
* Bulgaria = BG
* Croatia = HR
* Cyprus = CY
* Czech Republic = CZ
* Denmark = DK
* Estonia = EE
* Finland = FI
* France = FR
* Germany = DE
* Gibraltar = GI
* Greece = GR
* Hungary = HU
* Iceland = IS
* Ireland = IE
* Italy = IT
* Latvia = LV
* Liechtenstein = LI
* Lithuania = LT
* Luxembourg = LU
* Malta = MT
* Netherlands = NL
* Norway = NO
* Poland = PL
* Portugal = PT
* Romania = RO
* Slovakia = SK
* Slovenia = SI
* Spain = ES
* Sweden = SE
* Switzerland = CH*
* United Kingdom = GB*
\*_see Additional Information below_
## Additional Information
* Though the UK may not be a part of the EEA in the future, they intend to implement or follow SCA regulation.
* Although Switzerland is outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), Swiss merchants will need to meet SCA requirements because Stripe’s acquiring bank for Swiss merchants is located in the UK.
* [Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Enforcement Date](/questions/strong-customer-authentication-sca-enforcement-date)