Array variable of non-european countries as taken from EU website on 18 march 2015
$noneucountries = ("AFGHANISTAN", "ALBANIA", "ALGERIA", "AMERICAN SAMOA", "ANDORRA", "ANGOLA", "ANGUILLA", "ANTARCTICA", "ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA", "ARGENTINA", "ARMENIA", "ARUBA", "AUSTRALIA", "AZERBAIJAN", "BAHAMAS", "BAHRAIN", "BANGLADESH", "BARBADOS", "BELARUS", "BELIZE", "BENIN", "BERMUDA", "BHUTAN", "BOLIVIA", "BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA", "BOTSWANA", "BOUVET ISLAND", "BRAZIL", "BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY", "BRUNEI DARUSSALAM", "BURKINA FASO", "BURUNDI", "CAMBODIA", "CAMEROON", "CANADA", "CAPE VERDE", "CAYMAN ISLANDS", "CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC", "CEUTA", "CHAD", "CHILE", "CHINA", "CHRISTMAS ISLAND", "COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS", "COLOMBIA", "COMOROS", "CONGO", "COOK ISLANDS", "COSTA RICA", "COTE D'IVOIRE", "CUBA", "DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO", "DJIBOUTI", "DOMINICA", "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC", "ECUADOR", "EGYPT", "EL SALVADOR", "EQUATORIAL GUINEA", "ERITREA", "ETHIOPIA", "FALKLAND ISLANDS", "FAROE ISLANDS", "FIJI", "FRENCH POLYNESIA", "FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS", "GABON", "GAMBIA", "GEORGIA", "GHANA", "GIBRALTAR", "GREENLAND", "GRENADA", "GUAM", "GUATEMALA", "GUINEA", "GUINEA-BISSAU", "GUYANA", "HAITI", "HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS", "HONDURAS", "HONG KONG", "ICELAND", "INDIA", "INDONESIA", "IRAN", "IRAQ", "ISRAEL", "JAMAICA", "JAPAN", "JORDAN", "KAZAKHSTAN", "KENYA", "KIRIBATI", "KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF (NORTH)", "KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)", "KOSOVO", "KUWAIT", "KYRGYZSTAN", "LAOS", "LEBANON", "LESOTHO", "LIBERIA", "LIBYA", "LIECHTENSTEIN", "MACAU", "MACEDONIA (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF)", "MADAGASCAR", "MALAWI", "MALAYSIA", "MALDIVES", "MALI", "MARSHALL ISLANDS", "MAURITANIA", "MAURITIUS", "MAYOTTE", "MELILLA", "MEXICO", "MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)", "MOLDOVA (THE REPUBLIC OF)", "MONGOLIA", "MONTENEGRO", "MONTSERRAT", "MOROCCO", "MOZAMBIQUE", "MYANMAR", "NAMIBIA", "NAURU", "NEPAL", "NETHERLANDS ANTILLES", "NEW CALEDONIA", "NEW ZEALAND", "NICARAGUA", "NIGER", "NIGERIA", "NIUE", "NORFOLK ISLAND", "NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS", "NORWAY", "PALESTINE", "OMAN", "PAKISTAN", "PALAU", "PANAMA", "PAPUA NEW GUINEA", "PARAGUAY", "PERU", "PHILIPPINES", "PITCAIRN ISLANDS", "QATAR", "RUSSIAN FEDERATION", "RWANDA", "SAINT BARTHELEMY", "SAINT HELENA (INCL ASCENSION ISLAND AND TRISTAN DE CUNHA)", "SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS", "SAINT LUCIA", "SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON", "SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES", "SAMOA", "SAN MARINO", "SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE", "SAUDI ARABIA", "SENEGAL", "SERBIA", "SEYCHELLES", "SIERRA LEONE", "SINGAPORE", "SOLOMON ISLANDS", "SOMALIA", "SOUTH AFRICA", "SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS", "SOUTH SUDAN", "SRI LANKA", "SUDAN", "SURINAME", "SWAZILAND", "SWITZERLAND", "SYRIA", "TAIWAN", "TAJIKISTAN", "TANZANIA", "THAILAND", "TIMOR LESTE", "TOGO", "TOKELAU", "TONGA", "TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO", "TUNISIA", "TURKEY", "TURKMENISTAN", "TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS", "TUVALU", "UGANDA", "UKRAINE", "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES", "UNITED STATES", "UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS", "URUGUAY", "UZBEKISTAN", "VANUATU", "VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE)", "VENEZUELA", "VIETNAM", "VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)", "VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)", "WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS", "YEMEN", "ZAMBIA", "ZIMBABWE");