European Economic Area Membership

Author: Iain McIver

PDF Published: Tuesday 13 Jun 2017 (SB17-41)

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- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The European Free Trade Association
  - Joining EFTA
  - The purpose of EFTA
- The European Economic Area and the EEA Agreement
  - Joining EEA
  - What are the rules of EEA membership?
  - EU Legislation and the EEA Agreement
  - Derogations from the EEA Agreement
- What is not covered by the EEA agreement?
  - Outside the Common Agricultural and Fisheries Policies
  - Outside the Customs Union
    
    EFTA Trade Agreements
- EEA-EFTA Participation in EU Funding Programmes and EU Agencies
  - EEA-EFTA Contributions to the EU
- EFTA's Institutional Machinery
  - Standing Committee of the EFTA States
  - The Joint EEA Institutions
    
    The EEA Council
    
    The EEA Joint Committee
    
    The EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
    
    The EEA Consultative Committee
- Judicial Enforcement of the EEA Agreement
  - The EFTA Surveillance Authority
  - The EFTA Court
    
    Structure of the EFTA Court
- How has EEA-EFTA Membership worked for Norway?
- A post-Brexit option for the UK
- A phased approach to EU membership for Scotland?
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- The European Free Trade Association
- The European Economic Area and the EEA Agreement
- What is not covered by the EEA agreement?
- EEA-EFTA Participation in EU Funding Programmes and EU Agencies
- EFTA's Institutional Machinery
- Judicial Enforcement of the EEA Agreement
- How has EEA-EFTA Membership worked for Norway?
- A post-Brexit option for the UK
- A phased approach to EU membership for Scotland?
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