European Free Trade Association
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The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is a regional trade organization and free trade area consisting of four European states: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.<ref name=TradeRelations>Template:Cite web</ref> The organization operates in parallel with the European Union (EU), and all four member states participate in the European single market and are part of the Schengen Area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They are not, however, party to the European Union Customs Union.
EFTA was historically one of the two dominant western European trade blocs, but is now much smaller and closely associated with its historical competitor, the European Union. It was established on 3 May 1960 to serve as an alternative trade bloc for those European states that were unable or unwilling to join the then European Economic Community (EEC), the main predecessor of the EU. The Stockholm Convention (1960), to establish the EFTA, was signed on 4 January 1960 in the Swedish capital by seven countries (known as the "Outer Seven": Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).<ref name=history>Template:Cite web</ref> A revised Convention, the Vaduz Convention, was signed on 21 June 2001 and entered into force on 1 June 2002.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="VaduzConvention">Template:Cite web</ref>
After 1995 only two founding members remained, namely Norway and Switzerland. The other five, Austria, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom, had joined the EU at some point in the intervening years. The initial Stockholm Convention was superseded by the Vaduz Convention, which aimed to provide a successful framework for continuing the expansion and liberalization of trade, both among the organization's member states and with the rest of the world.
While the EFTA is not a customs union and member states have full rights to enter into bilateral third-country trade arrangements, it does have a coordinated trade policy.<ref name=TradeRelations/> As a result, its member states have jointly concluded free trade agreements with the EU and a number of other countries.<ref name=TradeRelations/> To participate in the EU's single market, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway are parties to the Agreement on a European Economic Area (EEA), with compliances regulated by the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. Switzerland has a set of multilateral agreements with the EU and its member states instead.Template:Dubious
Membership
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On 12 January 1960, the Convention establishing the European Free Trade Association was initiated in the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This established the progressive elimination of customs duties on industrial products, but did not affect agricultural or fisheries products.
The main difference between the early EEC and the EFTA was that the latter did not operate common external customs tariffs unlike the former: each EFTA member was free to establish its individual customs duties against, or its individual free trade agreements with, non-EFTA countries.
The founding members of the EFTA were: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. During the 1960s, these countries were often referred to as the "Outer Seven", as opposed to the Inner Six of the then European Economic Community (EEC).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Finland became an associate member in 1961 and a full member in 1986, and Iceland joined in 1970. The United Kingdom and Denmark joined the EEC in 1973 and hence ceased to be EFTA members. Portugal also left EFTA for the European Community in 1986. Liechtenstein joined the EFTA in 1991 (previously its interests had been represented by Switzerland). Austria, Sweden, and Finland joined the EU in 1995 and thus ceased to be EFTA members.
Twice, in 1972 and in 1994, the Norwegian government had tried to join the EU (still the EEC, in 1973) and by doing so, leave the EFTA. However, both the times, the membership of the EU was rejected in national referendums, keeping Norway in the EFTA. Iceland applied for EU membership in 2009 due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis, but has since dropped its bid.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Current members
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| Template:Country | Template:Dts | Template:UN Population | Template:Nts | Vaduz | Template:Nts<ref name=Liechtenstein group=note>Liechtenstein, Infobox</ref> | Template:Nts<ref name=Liechtenstein group=note/> |
| Template:Country | Template:Dts | Template:UN Population | Template:Nts | Oslo | Template:Nts<ref name=IMF_Norway>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nts<ref name=IMF_Norway/> |
| Template:Country | Template:Dts | Template:UN Population | Template:Nts | Bern | Template:Nts<ref name=IMF_Switzerland>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nts<ref name=IMF_Switzerland/> |
Former members
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Other negotiations
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EFTA (green)
Between 1994 and 2011, EFTA memberships for Andorra, San Marino, Monaco, the Isle of Man, Turkey, Israel, Morocco, and other European Neighbourhood Policy partners were discussed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino
[edit]In November 2012, after the Council of the European Union had called for an evaluation of the EU's relations with Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino, which they described as "fragmented",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the European Commission published a report outlining the options for their further integration into the EU.<ref name=options>Template:CELEX</ref> Unlike Liechtenstein, which is a member of the EEA via the EFTA and the Schengen Agreement, relations with these three states are based on a collection of agreements covering specific issues. The report examined four alternatives to the current situation:
- A Sectoral Approach with separate agreements with each state covering an entire policy area.
- A comprehensive, multilateral Framework Association Agreement (FAA) with the three states.
- EEA membership, and
- EU membership.
However, the Commission argued that the sectoral approach did not address the major issues and was still needlessly complicated, while EU membership was dismissed in the near future because "the EU institutions are currently not adapted to the accession of such small-sized countries". The remaining options, EEA membership and a FAA with the states, were found to be viable and were recommended by the commission. In response, the Council requested that negotiations with the three microstates on further integration continue, and that a report be prepared by the end of 2013 detailing the implications of the two viable alternatives and recommendations on how to proceed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
As EEA membership is currently only open to EFTA or EU member states, the consent of existing EFTA member states is required for the microstates to join the EEA without becoming members of the EU. In 2011, Jonas Gahr Støre, then Foreign Minister of Norway which is an EFTA member state, said that EFTA/EEA membership for the microstates was not the appropriate mechanism for their integration into the internal market due to their different requirements from those of larger countries such as Norway, and suggested that a simplified association would be better suited for them.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Espen Barth Eide, Støre's successor, responded to the commission's report in late 2012 by questioning whether the microstates have sufficient administrative capabilities to meet the obligations of EEA membership. However, he stated that Norway would be open to the possibility of EFTA membership for the microstates if they decided to submit an application, and that the country had not made a final decision on the matter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=NORLIE>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Pascal Schafhauser, the Counsellor of the Liechtenstein Mission to the EU, said that Liechtenstein, another EFTA member state, was willing to discuss EEA membership for the microstates provided their joining did not impede the functioning of the organization. However, he suggested that the option of direct membership in the EEA for the microstates, outside of both the EFTA and the EU, should be considered.<ref name=NORLIE/> On 18 November 2013, the EU Commission concluded that "the participation of the small-sized countries in the EEA is not judged to be a viable option at present due to the political and institutional reasons", and that Association Agreements were a more feasible mechanism to integrate the microstates into the internal market.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Norway
[edit]The Norwegian electorate had rejected treaties of accession to the EU in two referendums. At the time of the first referendum in 1972, their neighbour, Denmark joined. Since the second referendum in 1994, two other Nordic neighbours, Sweden and Finland, have joined the EU. The last two governments of Norway have not advanced the question, as they have both been coalition governments consisting of proponents and opponents of EU membership.
Switzerland
[edit]Since Switzerland rejected the EEA membership in a referendum in 1992, more referendums on EU membership have been initiated, the last time being in 2001. These were all rejected. Switzerland has been in a customs union with fellow EFTA member state and neighbour Liechtenstein since 1924.
Iceland
[edit]On 16 July 2009, the government of Iceland formally applied for EU membership,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but the negotiation process was suspended in mid-2013, and in 2015 the foreign ministers wrote to withdraw its application.
Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark)
[edit]Denmark was a founding member of EFTA in 1960, but its membership ended in 1973, when it joined the European Communities. The autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark were covered by Denmark's EFTA membership: Greenland from 1961 and the Faroe Islands from 1968.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In mid-2005, representatives of the Faroe Islands raised the possibility of their territory re-joining the EFTA.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Because Article 56 of the EFTA Convention only allows sovereign states to become members of the EFTA,<ref name="VaduzConvention"/> the Faroes considered the possibility that the "Kingdom of Denmark in respect of the Faroes" could join the EFTA on their behalf. The Danish Government has stated that this mechanism would not allow the Faroes to become a member of the EEA because Denmark was already a party to the EEA Agreement.<ref name=faroes>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Faroes already have an extensive bilateral free trade agreement with Iceland, known as the Hoyvík Agreement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
United Kingdom
[edit]Template:See also The United Kingdom was a co-founder of EFTA in 1960, but ceased to be a member upon joining the European Economic Community. The country held a referendum in 2016 on withdrawing from the EU (popularly referred to as "Brexit"), resulting in a 51.9% vote in favour of withdrawing. A 2013 research paper presented to the Parliament of the United Kingdom proposed a number of alternatives to EU membership which would continue to allow it access to the EU's internal market, including continuing EEA membership as an EFTA member state, or the Swiss model of a number of bilateral treaties covering the provisions of the single market.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In the first meeting since the Brexit vote, EFTA reacted by saying both that they were open to a UK return, and that Britain has many issues to work through. The president of Switzerland Johann Schneider-Ammann stated that its return would strengthen the association.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, in August 2016 the Norwegian Government expressed reservations. Norway's European affairs minister, Elisabeth Vik Aspaker, told the Aftenposten newspaper: "It's not certain that it would be a good idea to let a big country into this organization. It would shift the balance, which is not necessarily in Norway's interests."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In late 2016, the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her priority was to keep the whole of the UK in the European single market but that taking Scotland alone into the EEA was an option being "looked at".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, other EFTA states have stated that only sovereign states are eligible for membership, so it could only join if it became independent from the UK,<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref> unless the solution scouted for the Faroes in 2005 were to be adopted (see above).
In early 2018, British MPs Antoinette Sandbach, Stephen Kinnock and Stephen Hammond called for the UK to rejoin EFTA.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Relationship with the European Union: the European Economic Area
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In 1992, the EU, its member states, and the EFTA member states signed the Agreement on the European Economic Area in Porto, Portugal. However, the proposal that Switzerland ratify its participation was rejected by referendum. (Nevertheless, Switzerland has multiple bilateral treaties with the EU that allow it to participate in the European Single Market, the Schengen Agreement and other programmes). Thus, except for Switzerland, the EFTA members are also members of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA comprises three member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and 27 member states of the European Union (EU). It was established on 1 January 1994 following an agreement with the European Economic Community (which had become the European Community two months earlier).<ref name=agreement>Template:Cite web</ref> It allows the EFTA-EEA states to participate in the EU's Internal Market without being members of the EU. They adopt almost all EU legislation related to the single market, except laws on agriculture and fisheries. However, they also contribute to and influence the formation of new EEA relevant policies and legislation at an early stage as part of a formal decision-shaping process.Template:Citation needed One EFTA member, Switzerland, has not joined the EEA but has a series of bilateral agreements, including a free trade agreement, with the EU.
The following table summarises the various components of EU laws applied in the EFTA countries and their sovereign territories. Some territories of EU member states also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied as is the case with some European microstates.
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EEA institutions
[edit]A Joint Committee consisting of the EEA-EFTA States plus the European Commission (representing the EU) has the function of extending relevant EU law to the non-EU members. An EEA Council meets twice yearly to govern the overall relationship between the EEA members.
Rather than setting up pan-EEA institutions, the activities of the EEA are regulated by the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. The EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court regulate the activities of the EFTA members in respect of their obligations in the European Economic Area (EEA). Since Switzerland is not an EEA member, it does not participate in these institutions.
The EFTA Surveillance Authority performs a role for EFTA members that is equivalent to that of the European Commission for the EU, as "guardian of the treaties" and the EFTA Court performs the European Court of Justice-equivalent role.
The original plan for the EEA lacked the EFTA Court: the European Court of Justice was to exercise those roles. However, during the negotiations for the EEA agreement, the European Court of Justice ruled by the Opinion 1/91 that it would be a violation of the treaties to give to the EU institutions these powers with respect to non-EU member states.<ref>Brandtner, B (1992). The ‘Drama’ of the EEA Comments on Opinions 1/91 and 1/92. Retrieved 24 December 2023.</ref> Therefore, the current arrangement was developed instead.
EEA and Norway Grants
[edit]The EEA and Norway Grants are the financial contributions of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to reduce social and economic disparities in Europe. They were established in conjunction with the 2004 enlargement of the European Economic Area (EEA), which brought together the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the Internal Market. In the period from 2004 to 2009, €1.3 billion of project funding was made available for project funding in the 15 beneficiary states in Central and Southern Europe. The EEA and Norway Grants are administered by the Financial Mechanism Office, which is affiliated to the EFTA Secretariat in Brussels.
International conventions
[edit]EFTA also originated the Hallmarking Convention and the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention, both of which are open to non-EFTA states.
International trade relations
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EFTA has 29 free trade agreements with non-EU countries as well as declarations on cooperation and joint workgroups to improve trade. Currently, the EFTA States have established preferential trade relations with 40 states and territories, in addition to the 27 member states of the European Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
EFTA's interactive Free Trade Map gives an overview of the partners worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Free trade agreements
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| Template:Flagicon image Albania | 1 | 17 December 2009 | 1 November 2010 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 24 June 2013 | 1 January 2015 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Canada | 1 | 26 January 2008 | 1 July 2009 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Central America Template:Flagicon image Costa Rica Template:Flagicon image Panama |
4 | 24 June 2013 | 19 August 2014 | Goods & Services | <ref name="efta_int">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Chile | 1 | 26 June 2003 | 1 December 2004 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Colombia | 1 | 25 November 2008 | 1 July 2011 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Ecuador | 1 | 25 June 2018 | 1 November 2020 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Egypt | 1 | 27 January 2007 | 1 August 2007 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Georgia | 1 | 27 June 2016 | 1 September 2017 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
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6 | 22 June 2009 | 1 July 2014 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Hong Kong | 1 | 21 June 2011 | 1 October 2012 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Indonesia | 1 | 16 December 2018 | 1 November 2021 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Israel | 1 | 17 September 1992 | 1 January 1993 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Jordan | 1 | 21 June 2001 | 1 September 2002 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Lebanon | 1 | 24 June 2004 | 1 July 2007 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Mexico | 1 | 27 November 2000 | 1 July 2001 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Moldova | 1 | 27 June 2023 | 1 September 2024 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Montenegro | 1 | 14 November 2011 | 1 September 2012 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Morocco<ref group=note>Excluding Western Sahara</ref> | 1 | 19 June 1997 | 1 December 1999 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image North Macedonia | 1 | 19 June 2000 | 1 May 2002 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Palestinian Authority | 1 | 30 November 1998 | 1 July 1999 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Peru | 1 | 24 June 2010 | 1 July 2011 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Philippines | 1 | 28 April 2016 | 1 June 2018 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Serbia | 1 | 17 December 2009 | 1 October 2010 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Singapore | 1 | 26 June 2002 | 1 January 2003 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image South Korea | 1 | 15 December 2005 | 1 September 2006 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
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5 | 26 June 2006 | 1 May 2008 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Tunisia | 1 | 17 December 2004 | 1 August 2005 | Goods | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Turkey | 1 | 25 June 2018 | 1 October 2021 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flagicon image Ukraine | 1 | 24 June 2010 | 1 June 2012 | Goods & Services | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
Ongoing free trade negotiations
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Obsolete agreements
[edit]The following agreements are no longer active, being superseded by other agreements:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Travel policies
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[edit]Template:Main EFTA member states' citizens enjoy freedom of movement in each other's territories in accordance with the EFTA convention.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> EFTA & EEA nationals also enjoy freedom of movement in the European Union (EU). EFTA nationals and EU citizens are not only visa-exempt but are legally entitled to enter and reside in each other's countries. The Citizens' Rights Directive<ref>Template:CELEX</ref> (also sometimes called the "Free Movement Directive") defines the right of free movement for citizens of the European Economic Area (EEA),<ref>Template:CELEX</ref> which includes the three EFTA members Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein plus the member states of the EU. Switzerland, which is a member of EFTA but not of the EEA, is not bound by the Directive but rather has a separate multilateral agreement on free movement with the EU and its member states.<ref>Template:CELEX</ref>
As a result, a citizen of an EFTA country can live and work in all the other EFTA countries and in all the EU countries, and a citizen of an EU country can live and work in all the EFTA countries (but for voting and working in sensitive fields, such as government / police / military, citizenship is often required, and non-citizens may not have the same rights to welfare and unemployment benefits as citizens).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
General secretaries
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| 1 | Template:UK | Frank Figgures | 1960–1965 |
| 2 | Template:UK | John Coulson | 1965–1972 |
| 3 | Template:SWE | Bengt Rabaeus | 1972–1975 |
| 4 | Template:CHE | Charles Müller | 1976–1981 |
| 5 | Template:NOR | Per Kleppe | 1981–1988 |
| 6 | Template:AUT | Georg Reisch | 1988–1994 |
| 7 | Template:ISL | Kjartan Jóhannsson | 1994–2000 |
| 8 | Template:CHE | William Rossier | 2000–2006 |
| 9 | Template:NOR | Kåre Bryn | 2006–2012 |
| 10 | Template:ISL | Kristinn F. Árnason | 2012–2018 |
| 11 | Template:CHE | Henri Gétaz | 2018–present |
Portugal Fund
[edit]The Portugal Fund came into operation in February 1977 when Portugal was still a member of EFTA.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was to provide funding for the development of Portugal after the Carnation Revolution and the consequential restoration of democracy and the decolonization of the country's overseas possessions. This followed a period of economic sanctions by most of the international community, which left Portugal economically underdeveloped compared to the rest of the western Europe. When Portugal left EFTA in 1985 in order to join the EEC, the remaining EFTA members decided to continue the Portugal Fund so that Portugal would continue to benefit from it. The Fund originally took the form of a low-interest loan from the EFTA member states to the value of US$100 million. Repayment was originally to commence in 1988, however, EFTA then decided to postpone the start of repayments until 1998. The Portugal Fund was dissolved in January 2002.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
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- EFTA Surveillance Authority
- Central European Free Trade Agreement Template:Smaller
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- European Union Association Agreement
- European Union free trade agreements
- Free trade areas in Europe
Notes
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[edit]External links
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- Archives of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), held in the European University Institute - Historical Archives of the European Union.
- Official website
- Collection of acts adopted by the EFTA and published in the Official Journal (the OJEU)
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