The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that on 26 August 2016, the EEA EFTA States and the European Union adopted a Joint Committee Decision (JCD) incorporating the new Marine Equipment Directive into the EEA Agreement.
On 29 April 2016, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that decisions on lower roaming prices, standardised mobile phone chargers and revised public procurement rules were among those adopted by the EEA Joint Committee on 29 April 2016. In total, 37 decisions were adopted incorporating 64 EU legal acts into the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. The announcement said: Among the acts incorporated was a directive on the harmonisation of laws relating to…
On 28 April 2016, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), whose Member States are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, announced that The 55th Annual Report of the European Free Trade Association has been published. The report contains an overview of the functions and activities of EFTA throughout 2015 in the areas of managing the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, EFTA’s worldwide network of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and the EFTA Convention. Among the highlights…
On 26 February 2016, the European Free Trade Association announced that the third and final round of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EFTA States and Georgia was held from 24 to 26 February 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Agreement will comprise the following: Trade in Goods (including TBT, SPS, Trade Remedies and Trade Facilitation), Rules of Origin, Trade in Services, Establishment, Intellectual Property Rights, Government Procurement, Competition, Trade and Sustainable Development…
On 22 April 2015, EFTA announced that in order to ensure homogeneity of the EEA, state Members of the European Parliament and parliamentarians from the EEA EFTA States in a resolution adopted by the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA JPC) in March 2015 stated that it is important to increase the dialogue between the EU and the EEA EFTA States on developments in the TTIP negotiations. The announcement stated: TTIP is a comprehensive free trade and…
On 23 April 2015, EFTA announced that a delegation from the EFTA Parliamentary Committee visited Brazil from 15 to 17 April 2015 to support stronger trade relations between MERCOSUR and EFTA. The delegation met with the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives of the Brazilian Parliament and business community. The announcement stated: The main purpose of the visit by parliamentarians from the EFTA countries was to support…
On 29 April 2014, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that the 54th Annual Report of the European Free Trade Association has been published. The report contains an overview of the functions and activities of EFTA throughout 2014 in the areas of managing the EEA Agreement, EFTA’s worldwide network of free trade agreements and the EFTA Convention. The announcement stated: Among the highlights of EFTA‘s work was the introduction of new procedures that contributed to…
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) announced that on 17 March 2015, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and parliamentarians from the EEA EFTA States – Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland – met in Fredrikstad to discuss developments in the EEA and other topical issues in the EU of relevance to the EEA EFTA States. The announcement said: The EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA JPC) met with representatives of the EEA Joint Committee and the EEA…