This article examines
the evolving legal relationship between the EU and the Principality of Andorra,
the largest of Europe’s non-EU micro-states. Given its proximity to the EU,
being fully surrounded by it, and the extent to which integration through law
has occurred within the EU, the law and policy of EU external relations demands
that EU-Andorran relations must exist in some way. Despite Andorra’s geographic
proximity and shared values with the EU, its legal integration remains
fragmented and sector-specific. As uncovered in this article through a detailed
analysis of several international agreements between the EU and Andorra, there
are some asymmetries in market access, regulatory alignment, the institutional
framework, and dispute settlement. With an envisaged association agreement
between the EU and Andorra on the horizon, this article analyses the legal relations
of the parties as they presently stand, accounting for their history, the
substance of the international agreements, and the promise of what future legal
relations ought to achieve between them.