European Economic Area

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The European Economic Area is a regional agreement that extends the European Union’s single market to certain non-EU countries, allowing them to participate in the free movement of goods, services, people, and capital.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf economic integration agreement ⓘ
international organization ⓘ
abbreviation EEA ⓘ
appliesTo European Union member states ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
coversPolicyArea competition rules ⓘ
free movement of capital ⓘ
free movement of goods ⓘ
free movement of persons ⓘ
free movement of services ⓘ
public procurement ⓘ
social policy aspects ⓘ
state aid control ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1994-01-01 ⓘ
excludesPolicyArea common agriculture policy ⓘ
common fisheries policy ⓘ
common foreign and security policy ⓘ
common trade policy ⓘ
customs union ⓘ
justice and home affairs cooperation (most aspects) ⓘ
extends European Union single market ⓘ
formerMember United Kingdom ⓘ
formerMemberUntil 2020-01-31 ⓘ
foundedBy European Free Trade Association ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
hasInstitution EEA Consultative Committee ⓘ
EEA Council ⓘ
linked to: EEA Joint Committee

EEA Joint Committee ⓘ
EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
hasMember Iceland ⓘ
Liechtenstein ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
all European Union member states ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
judicialOversightBy EFTA Court ⓘ
legalBasis Agreement on the European Economic Area ⓘ
monitoredBy EFTA Surveillance Authority ⓘ
purpose ensure homogenous European Economic Area ⓘ
integration of EFTA states into EU internal market ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
requires adoption of relevant EU internal market legislation by EEA EFTA states ⓘ
signedOn 1992-05-02 ⓘ

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Referenced by (115)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Free Trade Association → hasAgreement → European Economic Area ⓘ
Liechtenstein → memberOf → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Medicines Agency → hasScope → European Economic Area ⓘ
subject linked to: EMA
Heads of Medicines Agencies → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
Committee for Advanced Therapies → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
Icelanders → politicalUnionMembershipOfHomeCountry → European Economic Area ⓘ
EASA → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
Societas Europaea → allowsOperationAcross → European Economic Area ⓘ
Societas Europaea → isRecognizedIn → European Economic Area states ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
European Union internal market → relatedTo → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Union customs union → relatedTo → European Economic Area ⓘ
EIT Health → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Banking Authority → jurisdiction → European Economic Area ⓘ
GDPR → jurisdiction → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Qualifications Framework → hasScope → European Economic Area countries ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
European Economic Area policy → relatesTo → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Trade Union Confederation → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Trade Union Institute → focusArea → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Systemic Risk Board → jurisdiction → European Economic Area ⓘ
subject linked to: ESRB
InterRail Pass → geographicCoverage → European Economic Area countries ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
CEN → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
CENELEC → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee → jurisdiction → European Economic Area ⓘ
HMA → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
HMA Multi-Annual Work Plan → hasGeographicScope → European Economic Area ⓘ
Solvency II Directive → geographicalScope → European Economic Area ⓘ
Government of Iceland → cooperatesWith → European Economic Area institutions ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
EGNOS → regionServed → European Economic Area ⓘ
EU Tissues and Cells Directives → geographicalScope → European Economic Area ⓘ
Societas Europaea → recognizedIn → European Economic Area ⓘ
subject linked to: SE
European company → appliesIn → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Sea Ports Organisation → scope → European Economic Area ⓘ
EU Single Market Scoreboard → coversEntity → European Economic Area countries ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
DG Competition → appliesTo → European Economic Area (in certain fields) ⓘ
linked to: European Economic Area
Sortland → belongsTo → European Economic Area ⓘ
mainland Norway → partOf → European Economic Area ⓘ
European Data Protection Board → jurisdiction → European Economic Area ⓘ