Main text of the Agreement
Here you can find the main text of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
English - German - Icelandic - Norwegian - EU languages
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.
Adopted Joint Committee Decisions
Here you can find a chronological archive of the Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee adopted since 1994 in the English and German versions and from 2011 in the Icelandic and Norwegian versions.
Adopted Decisions of the EEA Council
Here you can find the Decisions adopted by the EEA Council.
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
- Main text of the Agreement, including signatures
- Final Act
- Agreements linked to the EEA Enlargement Agreement in 2014
- Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent to the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
- Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent to the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
- Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014 consequent to the Accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
- Agreements in the form of Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the EEA Enlargement Agreement and one related agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
2007
- Main text of the Agreement, including signatures
- Final Act
- Agreements linked to the EEA Enlargement Agreement in 2007
- Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning a Cooperation Programme for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Bulgaria
- Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning a Cooperation Programme for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Romania
- Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland consequent to the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
- Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway consequent to the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
- Agreements in the form of Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of the EEA Enlargement Agreement and the four related agreements: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
2004
- Main text of the Agreement
- Signatures
- Final Act
- Agreements linked to the EEA Enlargement Agreement in 2004
- Agreement between Norway and the EU on a Norwegian Financial Instrument for the period 2004-2009
- Additional Protocol between Norway and the EU on fish with Annex
- Additional Protocol between Iceland and the EU on fish with Annex
- Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between Norway and the EU concerning certain agricultural products
- Agreements in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the EEA Enlargement Agreement