Common / single market
European Economic Area Agreement (EEA)
Extends the EU single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, which are not in the EU customs union.
- Abbreviation
- EEA
- Status
- In force
- Type
- Common / single market
- Scope
- Comprehensive (goods, services, investment and rules)
- Signed
- May 1992
- In force since
- Jan 1994
- Member countries
- 30
Key features
- Deep integration towards a single market, beyond tariff elimination.
- Free movement provisions within the bloc (goods, services, people and/or capital to different degrees).