'Constituted' means that the statutes have been registered and/or published in accordance with the applicable national law in the Member State where the EGTC concerned has its registered office (Art. 5.1 of the Regulation) and the EGTC has acquired legal personality, although it is not yet operational or it has not yet been registered by the Committee of the Regions.

'Awaiting approval' means that the prospective members of the EGTC have notified the Member State under whose law it has been formed of its intention to participate in an EGTC and have sent that Member State a copy of the proposed convention and statutes (Art. 4.2 of the Regulation).

'In preparation' means that the willingness to establish an EGTC has been either communicated officially to the CoR or to the European Commission, declared on a major cross-border or transnational event, or expressed in a letter of intent or similar document of the prospective members; the convention and the statutes are in the process of elaboration and official representatives from at least two partners can be identified.

'Idea' means that the prospective members have undertaken exploratory actions or preliminary negotiations to set up an EGTC.

Information updated on 7 October 2013