EFTA States definition

EFTA States means the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway;";

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EFTA States means the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden and, under the conditions laid down in Article 1(2) of the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice, the Principality of Liechtenstein".

EFTA States means Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway.” That is, ‘EFTA states’ is the collective, referencing label for what in this paper is called the NEU Contracting Parties. It is nothing more than that. References to ‘EFTA states’ in the later Articles of the EEAA are therefore not to be read as meaning ‘member states of EFTA’, made most obvious by the absence of Switzerland from the list. After leaving the EU, minimalist adjustments to the text of the EEAA would see the UK added to the list at 2(b) and this would not be a completely arbitrary thing to do.5 The UK was a founding member of EFTA (indeed much the largest of the Association’s members at the time). The UK can reasonably be described as an ‘historic’ EFTA state. Moreover, had the UK not joined the EC in 1973 it might easily have ended up as a NEU Contracting Party to the EEAA (in whatever form the Agreement might have taken in this historical counterfactual) in the early 1990s.

Examples of EFTA States in a sentence

• Neither the European Free Trade Association, its Secretariat, including the FMO, its officials or employees, nor the FMC, its members or alternate members, nor the EFTA States, can be held liable for any damages or injuries of whatever nature sustained by the National Focal Point or the Beneficiary State, the Programme Operator, Project Promoters or any other third person, in connection, be it direct or indirect, with this programme agreement.

• Neither the European Free Trade Association, its Secretariat, including the FMO, its officials or employees, nor the Donors, the NMFA, the FMC, its members or alternate members, nor the EFTA States, can be held liable for any damages or injuries of whatever nature sustained by the National Focal Point or the Beneficiary State, the Programme Operator, Project Promoters or any other third person, in connection, be it direct or indirect, with this programme agreement.

• Within the framework of the provisions of this Agreement, there shall be no restrictions between the Contracting Parties on the movement of capital belonging to persons resident in EC Member States or EFTA States and no discrimination based on the nationality or on the place of residence of the parties or on the place where such capital is invested.

• These agreements form part of the instruments establishing a free trade area between the EFTA States and GCC.

• The EFTA States and the GCC Member States hereby establish a free trade area in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

• GCC shall, on entry into force of this Agreement, abolish all customs duties on imports of originating products from the EFTA States, except as provided for in Annex VI.

• The provisions of this Agreement apply to the trade and economic relations between, on the one side, the individual EFTA States and, on the other side, the individual GCC Member States or, where specifically provided for, the GCC Member States acting jointly as GCC.

• No new customs duties shall be introduced in trade between the EFTA States and GCC, except as provided for in this Agreement.

• This Agreement applies neither to the trade relations amongst the EFTA States nor to the trade relations amongst the GCC Member States.

• The EFTA States shall, on entry into force of this Agreement, abolish all customs duties on imports of originating products from GCC.

More Definitions of EFTA States

EFTA States means the [7] Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway; c. the term "Contracting Parties" means, concerning the Community and the EC Member States, the Community and the EC Member States, or the Community, or the EC Member States. The meaning to be attributed to this expression in each case is to be deduced from the relevant provisions of this Agreement and from the respective competences of the Community and the EC Member States as they follow from the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community[8]; d. [9] the term "Act of Accession of 16 April 2003" shall mean the 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, adopted in Athens on 16 April 2003; e. [10] the term "Act of Accession of 25 April 2005" shall mean the Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, adopted in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005; f. [11] the term "Protocol of Accession of 25 April 2005" shall mean the Protocol concerning the conditions and arrangements for admission of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, adopted in Luxembourg on 25 April 2005. The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whether general or particular, to ensure fulfilment of the obligations arising out of this Agreement. They shall abstain from any measure which could jeopardize the attainment of the objectives of this Agreement. Moreover, they shall facilitate cooperation within the framework of this Agreement. Within the scope of application of this Agreement, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein, any discrimination on grounds of nationality shall be prohibited. A Contracting Party may at any time raise a matter of concern at the level of the EEA Joint Committee or the EEA Council according to the modalities laid down in Articles 92 (2) and 89 (2), respectively. Without prejudice to future developments of case law, the provisions of this Agreement, in so far as they are identical in substance to corresponding rules of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the Treaty establi...