Foreigner players / Import players: Players without citizenship of country's league and coming from countries who don't have any agreement or treaty with the country's league.

Bosman A players: Players with citizenship of European Community and Economic European Area.

Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Eire
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Sweden

Bosman B players: Players with citizenship of countries with an agreement with few european countries.

Algeria
Armenia
Azerbaïdjan
Belarus
Bulgaria
Estonia (* Bosman A soon)
Georgia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Kirghizistan
Letonia (* Bosman A soon)
Lithuania (* Bosman A soon)
Morocco
Moldavia
Ouzbekistan
Poland (* Bosman A soon)
Tcheq.rep./ Czech Republic (* Bosman A soon)
Romania
Russia
Slovakia (* Bosman A soon)
Slovenia (* Bosman A soon)
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine

Cotonou players: Players with citizenship of countries who signed an agreement with the European Community (the Cotonou Treaty).
The European countries are as follows; Belgium.Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Hellenic Republic, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and Great Britain. Take note that for professional basketball players some countries have removed and/or modified restrictions and/or limitations on import players, use this as a general reference only.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Comoros
Congo
Congo Democratic Republic
Cook Islands
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabonese Republic 
Gambia
The Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea Ecuatorial
Guinée-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Palau
Papua New Guinea
République Centreafricaine (Central African Republic)
Rwanda (Rwandese Republic)
São Tomé e Príncipe
Sénégal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent and The Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania 
The Republic of Chad
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Spain, Portugal and Finland open their labour markets to workers from new EU's member states - Mar. 14, 2006 - by Francisco Rodero
As from 1 May 2006, the Governments of Spain, Portugal and Finland intend to open their labour markets to workers who are nationals of the new EU’s member states. The two-year transitional period adopted on 1 May 2004 by most of the older EU’s member states will not be prolonged by Spain, Portugal and Finland. This means that these 3 countries, in addition to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden which did not apply any transitional measures at all, will allow new EU’s member states nationals to access their labour markets in the same conditions that the rest of EU’s nationals. Therefore, basketball players who are nationals of one of the following countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, will not need anymore a residence and work permit to play in Spain, Portugal and Finland as from 1 May 2006. The United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden had already opened their labour markets as from 1 May 2004. This is good news for European integration, free circulation of workers and in particular for basketball players who are nationals of one of the new EU’s member states.