Passports of European Union candidate states

European Union candidate states
EU candidate states shown in cyan.
Demonym(s)	Albanian Bosnian, Herzegovinian Georgian Moldovan Montenegrin Macedonian Serbian Turkish Ukrainian
Candidate states	Albania  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Georgia  Moldova  Montenegro  North Macedonia  Serbia  Turkey  Ukraine
Area
• Total	1,617,711 km2 (624,602 sq mi)

Since the 1980s, member states of the European Union have started to harmonise aspects of the designs of their ordinary passports (but not other types of passports, such as diplomatic, service and emergency passports), as well as common security features and biometrics.

Most passports issued by EU member states have the common recommended layout; burgundy in colour with the words "European Union" accompanied by the name of the issuing member state printed on the cover.^[1]