A8 (called the A8 countries) - a group of eight countries of continental Europe that are members of the EU on May 1, 2004 (except Cyprus and Malta). The name comes from the definition of the English Accession countries. These countries are full members of the agreements on free movement of workers. For these countries, transition periods are provided access to the labor market in accordance with the model "2 3 2 ". These are: the Czech Republic, Estonia, L