The EEA Agreement

  • Annexes to the Agreement 
    Here you can find the updated versions of Annexes 1 to 22 to the EEA Agreement. 
  • Protocols to the Agreement 
    Here you can find the updated versions of Protocols 1 to 49 to the EEA Agreement. 
  • Final Act  
    Here you can find the full text of the Final Act to the EEA Agreement.

 

Other legal documents

 

EEA Status of EU legal acts

  • EEA-Lex
    Use this interactive tool to check the status of EU acts that have been incorporated into the EEA Agreement or are under consideration for future incorporation.
  • List of constitutional requirements 
    Here you can find a complete overview of adopted Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee since 1994 where constitutional requirements have been indicated by one or more EEA EFTA States in accordance with Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. 
  • List of awaited notifications  
    Here you can find a complete overview of adopted Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee since 1994 where constitutional requirements have been indicated by one or more EEA EFTA States in accordance with Article 103(1) to the EEA Agreement, which have not yet been fulfilled. 
  • List of adopted Joint Committee Decisions (JCDs)  
    Here you can find updated lists of adopted Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee since 1994. The lists provide detailed information on; Decision’s number, adoption date, confirmed entry into force date, placement in the EEA Agreement, publication in the Official Journal and the celex number of the incorporated acts. 
  • List of veterinary acts subject to simplified procedures

 

EEA Enlargement

The EEA Agreement explicitly states that a country which becomes a member of the EU shall also apply to become party to the EEA Agreement (Article 128). The terms and conditions for such a country to participate in the EEA Agreement shall be subject to an agreement.

With ten new members acceding to the EU on 1 May 2004, there was a need to negotiate and adapt the EEA Agreement to take account of the new situation. This was the first time in the ten-year history of the EEA that new members needed to accede to the Agreement following negotiations on the terms of participation. The resulting EEA Enlargement Agreement was provisionally applicable as of 1 May 2004, concurrently with the EU Enlargement, and entered into force on 6 December 2005 after the completion of ratification by all Parties.

On 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU and the corresponding EEA Enlargement Agreement extending the EEA to those countries was provisionally applicable as of 1 August 2007 and entered into force on 9 November 2011.

The latest enlargement of the EU took place on 1 July 2013 when the Republic of Croatia joined the Union, and upon the entry into force of the corresponding EEA Enlargement Agreement, the EEA will comprise 31 countries with more than 500 million citizens. The EEA Enlargement Agreement is provisionally applicable as of 12 April 2014 and is currently pending ratification by the Parties.

 

2014

 

2007

 

2004

 

The Surveillance and Court Agreement

Here you can find the text of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice and its annexes and protocols.

The Basic Features of the EEA Agreement

FAQ

Q&A on the EEA Agreement

 

EEA statistics*

Currently, more than 12 500 EU legal acts have been incorporated into the EEA Agreement since the signing in 1992:

  • 1875 acts incorporated at the time of signing.
  • More than 9500 acts incorporated by decisions of the EEA Joint Committee.
  • More than 1000 acts incorporated by simplified procedure in the veterinary area.

Out of these acts, around half are currently in force in the EEA.

*Subject to clerical errors.

 

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