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The Second Energy Review was one of the main topics discussed at the last Subcommittee I meeting

21-11-2008 : The EFTA Secretariat informed the Delegations at the last Subcommittee I meeting on 20 November 2008 that all the EEA EFTA Member States have cleared a draft Joint Committee Decision regarding the long awaited Pharmaceutical Package. The draft ...

EFTA and Algeria hold 4th round of free trade negotations

21-11-2008 : Delegations of the EFTA States (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland) and of Algeria met in Geneva on 18 - 21 November 2008 to continue negotiations with a view to concluding a Free Trade Agreement.

EEA Decision Shaping Seminar - Registration closing soon

21-11-2008 : On 9 December 2008 the EFTA Secretariat will organise a seminar entitled “Decision shaping in the EEA”. The aim of the seminar is to provide professionals from the public and private sector whose work is related to the EEA, with insights into ...

EFTA Council meeting in Geneva

19-11-2008 : The EFTA Council met on 18 November for its tenth meeting in 2008. The Council discussed EFTA's trade relations with countries outside the European Union, as well as the upcoming EFTA Ministerial meeting on 25 November. Furthermore, the Council ...

Publication: “Economic Globalisation: A Challenge for Official Statistics”

17-11-2008 : The publication of the proceedings of the Joint EFTA/UNECE/SSCU seminar on Economic globalization is now available online. The seminar, entitled Economic Globalisation: A Challenge for Official Statistics, was organised jointly by the United ...

EFTA social partners present opinion on trade, energy and climate

13-11-2008 : In a meeting with the EFTA Ministerial Chair, Ms Þórunn Sveinbjarnardottir (Icelandic Minister for the Environment, representing the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs) in Brussels on 13 November 2008, the EFTA Consultative Committee ...

EEA Council

13-11-2008 : The 30th EEA Council took place in Brussels today, under the Presidency of Liechtenstein’s Foreign Minister Ms Rita Kieber-Beck.

Standing and Joint Committee Meeting, 6 & 7 November 2008

07-11-2008 : In the Standing Committee on 6 November, the main discussions were centered on the access of EEA EFTA citizens to positions in the Executive Agencies, the EEA EFTA State’s participation in the EU Gender Institute and on a new calculation for the ...

EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee adopts two resolutions

06-11-2008 : Members of the European Parliament and Parliamentarians from Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein met in Brussels on 4 November 2008 for the 31st meeting of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA JPC). Under the Presidency of Ms Bilyana RAEVA ...

EFTA and Egypt meet for first Joint Committee under FTA

06-11-2008 : The first meeting of the EFTA-Egypt Joint Committee reviewed the implementation of the Agreement and its possible further development.