Editing European Economic Area (section)

=== Ratification of the EEA Agreement ===

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!State
!Signed<br/>{{refn|Of the original agreement, or a subsequent agreement on participation of that particular state in the EEA.|name=sigrat|group=Note}}<ref name=rat/><ref name=EEAsign>{{cite web |url=http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/living_and_working_in_the_internal_market/em0024_en.htm |title=Agreement on the European Economic Area |access-date=27 October 2014 |date=8 January 2010 |publisher=[[European Union]] |archive-date=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512141804/http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/internal_market/living_and_working_in_the_internal_market/em0024_en.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Ratified<br/>{{refn|name=sigrat|group=Note}}<ref name=rat/>
!Entered&nbsp;into force<ref name=rat/>
!Exit
!Notes
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| {{AUT}} || 2 May 1992 || 15 October 1992 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member (from 1 January 1995)<br/>Acceded to the EEA as an [[EFTA]] member<ref name=EEAsign/>
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| {{BEL}} || 2 May 1992 || 9 November 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{BUL}}<ref name=bulgrom/> || 25 July 2007 || 29 February 2008 || 9 November 2011 |||| EU member
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| {{CRO}}<ref name="croatiarat"/> || 11 April 2014 || 24 March 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sabor.hr/lgs.axd?t=13&id=74874 |title=Hrvatski sabor |publisher=Sabor.hr |access-date=7 May 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806041823/https://www.sabor.hr/lgs.axd?t=13&id=74874 }}</ref> || 19 February 2025 || || EU member
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| {{CYP}}<ref name=1stenlarg>{{cite web |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/agreements-conventions/agreement/?aid=2003093 |title=Agreement details |date=14 October 2003 |access-date=27 October 2014 |publisher=Council of the European Union |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011035304/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/agreements-conventions/agreement/?aid=2003093 |url-status=live }}</ref> || 14 October 2003 || 30 April 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member<br/>(The application (and implementation) of the agreement is ''suspended'' in territories known as [[Northern Cyprus]]{{refn|Protocol 10 of the [[Treaty of Accession 2003|treaty of accession of the European Union to Cyprus]] suspended the application of the EU acquis to Northern Cyprus.<ref>{{CELEX|12003T/PRO/10|text=Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Protocol No 10 on Cyprus}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/cyprus/turkish_cypriots/index_en.htm |title=Turkish Cypriot Community |access-date=30 May 2015 |publisher=[[European Commission]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530224528/http://ec.europa.eu/cyprus/turkish_cypriots/index_en.htm |archive-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> The EEA Agreement states that it only applies to the territories of EU member states to which the [[EU treaties]] apply.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efta.int/media/documents/legal-texts/eea/the-eea-agreement/Main%20Text%20of%20the%20Agreement/EEAagreement.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021152146/http://www.efta.int/media/documents/legal-texts/eea/the-eea-agreement/Main%20Text%20of%20the%20Agreement/EEAagreement.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-21 |url-status=live|title=AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA |access-date=30 May 2015 |publisher=European Free Trade Association |page=40}}</ref> A joint declaration to the Final Act of treaty on accession of Cyprus to the EEA confirmed that this included the Protocol on Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/downloadFile.do?fullText=yes&treatyTransId=3641|title=AGREEMENT on the participation of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the European Economic Area|date=29 April 2004|access-date=30 May 2015|publisher=[[European Union]]|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304231504/http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/downloadFile.do?fullText=yes&treatyTransId=3641|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=Note}})
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| {{CZE}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 10 June 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{DEN}} || 2 May 1992 || 30 December 1992 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{Flag|European Union}} || 2 May 1992 || 13 December 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || Originally as European Economic Community<br/>and European Coal and Steel Community
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| {{EST}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 13 May 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{FIN}} || 2 May 1992 || 17 December 1992 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member (from 1 January 1995)<br/>Acceded to the EEA as an [[EFTA]] member<ref name=EEAsign/>
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| {{FRA}} || 2 May 1992 || 10 December 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{GER}} || 2 May 1992 || 23 June 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{GRE}} || 2 May 1992 || 10 September 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{HUN}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 26 April 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{ISL}} || 2 May 1992 || 4 February 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || [[EFTA]] member
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| {{IRL}} || 2 May 1992 || 29 July 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{ITA}} || 2 May 1992 || 15 November 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{LAT}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 4 May 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{LIE}} || 2 May 1992 || 25 April 1995 || 1 May 1995 || || [[EFTA]] member
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| {{LIT}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 27 April 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{LUX}} || 2 May 1992 || 21 October 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{MLT}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 5 March 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{NED}} || 2 May 1992 || 31 December 1992 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{NOR}} || 2 May 1992 || 19 November 1992<ref>[https://lovdata.no/dokument/TRAKTAT/traktat/1992-05-02-1 Norges traktater]: Avtale om Det europeiske økonomiske samarbeidsområde</ref> || 1 January 1994 || || [[EFTA]] member
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| {{POL}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 8 October 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{POR}} || 2 May 1992 || 9 March 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{ROU}}<ref name=bulgrom/> || 25 July 2007 || 23 May 2008 || 9 November 2011 || || EU member
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| {{SVK}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 19 March 2004 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{SLO}}<ref name=1stenlarg/> || 14 October 2003 || 30 June 2005 || 6 December 2005 || || EU member
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| {{ESP}} || 2 May 1992 || 3 December 1993 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member
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| {{SWE}} || 2 May 1992 || 18 December 1992 || 1 January 1994 || || EU member (from 1 January 1995)<br/>Acceded to the EEA as an [[EFTA]] member<ref name=EEAsign/>
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| {{CHE}}<ref name=EEAsign/> || ''2 May 1992'' || No || No || || [[EFTA]] member<br/>EEA ratification rejected in a [[1992 Swiss referendums|1992 referendum]]<br/>Removed as contracting party in 1993 protocol
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| {{UK}} || ''2 May 1992'' || ''15 November 1993'' || ''1 January 1994'' || 31 January 2020 || Former EEA and EU member. EEA covered (with exceptions) [[Gibraltar]] and the [[Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia]] as well as including (for limited purposes) the three [[Crown Dependencies]] ([[Isle of Man]], [[Jersey]] and [[Bailiwick of Guernsey|Guernsey]]). The EEA Agreement and EEA Regulations remained applicable in respect of the UK (and the UK in respect of the aforementioned Associated Territories) during the ''[[Brexit withdrawal agreement|Transition period]]'' (also known in the UK as the ''Implementation period'') until 31 December 2020.<ref name=UK_Brexit>{{cite web |url=https://www.efta.int/About-EFTA/Frequently-asked-questions-EFTA-EEA-EFTA-membership-and-Brexit-328676 |website=[[EFTA]] |access-date=2 February 2020 |title=Frequently asked questions on EFTA, the EEA, EFTA membership and Brexit |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227192910/https://www.efta.int/About-EFTA/Frequently-asked-questions-EFTA-EEA-EFTA-membership-and-Brexit-328676 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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