Agreement on the European Economic Area

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Agreement on the European Economic Area
Short title: EEA Agreement
Title (engl.): Agreement on the European Economic Area
Date: May 2, 1992
Come into effect: between the European Community , the European Coal and Steel Community , its member states and the Republic of Finland , the Republic of Iceland , the Kingdom of Norway , the Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Sweden : on January 1, 1994,
for the Principality of Liechtenstein : on January 1, 1994 May 1995
Reference: Official Journal of the European Communities No. L 1 of January 3, 1994, pp. 3–522 (PDF; 39.9 MiB) ( information on the document ), EUR-Lex : Consolidation of June 22, 2017 with links to the changing documents and the corrections, as well as with information
Contract type: international association agreement between European states and a supranational (European) association of states
Legal matter: Commercial , economic and competition law
Signing: 32 plus the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community
Ratification : 31 plus the European Community (then the new name of the undersigned European Economic Community) and the European Coal and Steel Community
European Union: Signed May 2, 1992 (still as the European Economic Community ),
deposit of the instrument of ratification or approval on December 13, 1993
Germany: Signed May 2, 1992,
approval of the bodies responsible for federal legislation in accordance with Art. 59 Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law in the form of a federal law of March 31, 1993, which came into force on April 17, 1993,
 deposit of the ratification or approval document before December 13, 1993
Liechtenstein: Signed May 2, 1992,
deposit of the instrument of ratification between March 10, 1995 and May 1, 1995
Austria: Signed May 2, 1992,
instrument of ratification or approval deposited before December 13, 1993
Switzerland: Signed May 2, 1992,
in the referendum of December 6, 1992 on the Federal Decree on the European Economic Area (EEA) of October 9, 1992, this Federal Decree, which provided for the approval of the EEA Agreement and the authorization of the Federal Council to ratify the Agreement , rejected,
 not ratified
Please note the note on the applicable contract version .

The Agreement on the European Economic Area regulates the European Economic Area . It was on 2 May 1992 Porto signed and entered between the European Community , the European Coal and Steel Community , their former Member States (EC-12) and the Republic of Finland , the Republic of Iceland , the Kingdom of Norway , the Republic of Austria and for the Kingdom of Sweden on January 1, 1994, for the Principality of Liechtenstein on May 1, 1995. It involves the member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - with the exception of the Swiss Confederation , which has not ratified the agreement - in the internal market of the European Community . The states that have acceded to the EU since the entry into force of the EEA Agreement that were not already party to the EEA Agreement at the time of their accession to the EU ( 2004 , 2007 and 2013 ) have acceded to the Agreement and have been party to the Agreement since Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area , which amends the main part of the EEA Agreement so that the Republic of Croatia is a party to the agreement, has not yet entered into force, but has been applied provisionally since April 12, 2014 . With the expiry of the European Coal and Steel Community in 2002, the rights and obligations from the international agreements concluded by the ECSC were transferred to the European Community on July 24, 2002 through Article 1 of the ECSC successor decision. With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009, the European Union became the legal successor to the European Community.

accession

Article 128 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 of the Agreement regulates: "Every European country that becomes a member of the Community applies, and the Swiss Confederation and every European country that becomes a member of the EFTA can apply to become a party to this Agreement."

Accordingly, submitting such an application is mandatory for EU member states and optional for EFTA member states.

resignation

"Each Contracting Party may withdraw from this Agreement provided that it notifies the other Contracting Parties in writing at least twelve months in advance." (Article 127, first subparagraph)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Agreement on the European Economic Area . In: Official Journal of the European Communities . No. L 1 of January 3, 1994, ISSN  0376-9453 , pp. 3–522 ( online (PDF; 41.83 MB) in EUR-Lex of the European Union , accessed and received on January 12, 2018 [ ZDB -ID 2091357-6 ]).
    Krzysztof Bartczak, Fernando Garcés de los Fayos: The European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the North . June 2017. In: Fact Sheets on the European Union . In: European Parliament / Service ( www.europarl.europa.eu ). European Parliament , accessed and received on November 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Article 129 Paragraph 3 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area in conjunction with Article 1 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 22 Paragraph 3 of the Adaptation Protocol to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in conjunction with the notification regarding the date of entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area economic area and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European economic area (PDF, 144.3 kB), accessed on 14 November 2017 .
    Announcement of the entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) and the Protocol to Adapt to this Agreement. From April 6, 1994 ( BGBl. 1994 II p. 515 ).
    Krzysztof Bartczak, Fernando Garcés de los Fayos: The European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the North . June 2017. In: Fact Sheets on the European Union . In: European Parliament / Service ( www.europarl.europa.eu ). European Parliament , accessed and received on November 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Article 129 Paragraph 3 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area in conjunction with Article 1 Paragraph 2 of the Adaptation Protocol to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in conjunction with Article 6 in conjunction with Article 7 Paragraphs 1 to 2 of the Decision of the EEA Council No. 1/95 of March 10, 1995 on the entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area for the Principality of Liechtenstein , accessed on November 14, 2017 .
    Announcement on the scope of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) and the Protocol to Adapt to this Agreement. From August 7, 1995 ( Federal Law Gazette 1995 II p. 725 ).
    The European Economic Area (EEA) - Brief information . EEA staff unit, Vaduz (Principality of Liechtenstein), as of November 2017, p. 5 (online in: www.llv.li  - administration     portal of the Liechtenstein National Administration).
  4. ↑ a b c Agreement on the European Economic Area . In: EUR-Lex . European Union , accessed and received on November 14, 2017 (Consolidation from June 22, 2017, ZDB ID 2091357-6 ).
  5. ↑ a b c Information on the date of entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as well as the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area (144.3 kB PDF) in conjunction with Article 1, paragraph 1 of the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area retrieved on November 14, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Law on the Agreement of May 2, 1992 on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) ( Federal Law Gazette 1993 II p. 266 ). The bodies responsible for federal legislation approved the amendment protocol to the Agreement on the European Economic Area through the Act on the Amendment Protocol of March 17, 1993 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) of August 25, 1993 ( Federal Law Gazette 1993 II p. 1294 ), which came into force on September 8, 1993.
  7. ↑ Article 7 (1) of the decision of the EEA Council No. 1/95 of March 10, 1995 on the entry into force of the Agreement on the European Economic Area for the Principality of Liechtenstein , accessed on November 14, 2017 .
    The European Economic Area (EEA) - Brief information . EEA staff unit, Vaduz (Principality of Liechtenstein), as of November 2017, p. 5 (online in: www.llv.li  - administration     portal of the Liechtenstein National Administration).
  8. ↑ referendum of 6/12/1992 , the referendum of 06.12.1992 - Documentation No. 388 -. Overview and federal resolution on the European Economic Area (EEA) - chronology in www.admin.ch and referendum of 6 December 1992 - Explanations of the Bundesrat  ( page more available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file, 2.05 MB) in www.bk.admin.ch . Federal Chancellery , accessed and received on November 16, 2017.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bk.admin.ch  
  9. ↑ Decision of the representatives of the governments of the member states meeting in the Council of 19 July 2002 on the consequences of the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) for international agreements concluded by the ECSC (2002/595 / EC) . In: Official Journal of the European Communities . No. L 194 of July 23, 2002, ISSN  0376-9453 , p. 35 ( online in EUR-Lex of the European Union , accessed and received on January 12, 2018 [ ZDB -ID 2091357-6 ], CELEX number of the document : 42002D0595).
  10. ↑ Walter Obwexer : The end of the European coal and steel community . In: European Journal of Business Law . tape 13.2002 , no. 17 , 2002, ISSN  0937-7204 , p. 517-524 .