The European Economic Area

The EEA-Agreement

The European Economic Area (EEA) unites, from the 1 May 2004, the 25 EU Member States and the three EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway) into an Internal Market governed by the same basic rules. These rules aim to enable goods, services, capital, and persons to move freely about the EEA in an open and competitive environment, a concept referred to as the four freedoms. The objective of the EEA Agreement, as laid down in Article 1, is to promote a continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Contracting Parties with the view to creating a homogenous European Economic Area. More (from the EFTA's website).

Useful Links

EFTA Surveillance Authority

EFTA web site - the EEA info kit

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs