Ok for Bulgaria my bad, I got confused because of their status with regards to Schengen. I was wrong.

Site-note, literally quoting Bard:

Here's a statement that definitively proves that Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union:

"Bulgaria is not a member of the European Union."

For other countries, I thought the original message was making reference to the stricter regulations of the European Union but I wanted to emphasis that the issue was beyond EU ("Europe"), as it affects Canada, Switzerland, etc.