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PART I OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES
Article 1.(1) The aim of this Agreement of association is to...
Article 2.For the purposes of this Agreement: the term ‘Agreement’ means...
Article 3.The Contracting Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whether general...
Article 4.Within the scope of application of this Agreement, and without...
Article 5.A Contracting Party may at any time raise a matter...
Article 6.Without prejudice to future developments of case-law, the provisions of...
Article 7.Acts referred to or contained in the Annexes to this...
PART II FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
Article 8.(1) Free movement of goods between the Contracting Parties shall...
Article 9.(1) The rules of origin are set out in Protocol...
Article 10.Customs duties on imports and exports, and any charges having...
Article 11.Quantitative restrictions on imports and all measures having equivalent effect...
Article 12.Quantitative restrictions on exports and all measures having equivalent effect...
Article 13.The provisions of Articles 11 and 12 shall not preclude...
Article 14.No Contracting Party shall impose, directly or indirectly, on the...
Article 15.Where products are exported to the territory of any Contracting...
Article 16.(1) The Contracting Parties shall ensure that any State monopoly...
CHAPTER 2 AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS
Article 17.Annex I contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning veterinary and...
Article 18.Without prejudice to the specific arrangements governing trade in agricultural...
Article 19.(1) The Contracting Parties shall examine any difficulties that might...
Article 20.Provisions and arrangements that apply to fish and other marine...
CHAPTER 3 COOPERATION IN CUSTOMS-RELATED MATTERS AND TRADE FACILITATION
CHAPTER 4 OTHER RULES RELATING TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
Article 23.Specific provisions and arrangements are laid down in: Protocol 12...
Article 24.Annex IV contains specific provisions and arrangements concerning energy.
Article 25.Where compliance with the provisions of Articles 10 and 12...
Article 26.Anti-dumping measures, countervailing duties and measures against illicit commercial practices...
PART III FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
CHAPTER 2 RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT
Article 31.(1) Within the framework of the provisions of this Agreement,...
Article 32.The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply, so far...
Article 33.The provisions of this Chapter and measures taken in pursuance...
Article 34.Companies or firms formed in accordance with the law of...
Article 35.The provisions of Article 30 shall apply to the matters...
Article 40.Within the framework of the provisions of this Agreement, there...
Article 41.Current payments connected with the movement of goods, persons, services...
Article 42.(1) Where domestic rules governing the capital market and the...
Article 43.(1) Where differences between the exchange rules of EC Member...
Article 44.The Community, on the one hand, and the EFTA States,...
Article 45.(1) Decisions, opinions and recommendations related to the measures laid...
Article 47.(1) Articles 48 to 52 shall apply to transport by...
Article 48.(1) The provisions of an EC Member State or an...
Article 49.Aid shall be compatible with this Agreement if it meets...
Article 50.(1) In the case of transport within the territory of...
Article 51.(1) The imposition, in respect of transport operations carried out...
Article 52.Charges or dues in respect of the crossing of frontiers...
PART IV COMPETITION AND OTHER COMMON RULES
CHAPTER 1 RULES APPLICABLE TO UNDERTAKINGS
Article 53.(1) The following shall be prohibited as incompatible with the...
Article 54.Any abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant...
Article 55.(1) Without prejudice to the provisions giving effect to Articles...
Article 56.(1) Individual cases falling under Article 53 shall be decided...
Article 57.(1) Concentrations the control of which is provided for in...
Article 58.With a view to developing and maintaining a uniform surveillance...
Article 59.(1) In the case of public undertakings and undertakings to...
Article 60.Annex XIV contains specific provisions giving effect to the principles...
PART V HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO THE FOUR FREEDOMS
Article 66.The Contracting Parties agree upon the need to promote improved...
Article 67.(1) The Contracting Parties shall pay particular attention to encouraging...
Article 68.In the field of labour law, the Contracting Parties shall...
Article 69.(1) Each Contracting Party shall ensure and maintain the application...
Article 70.The Contracting Parties shall promote the principle of equal treatment...
Article 71.The Contracting Parties shall endeavour to promote the dialogue between...
PART VI COOPERATION OUTSIDE THE FOUR FREEDOMS
Article 78.The Contracting Parties shall strengthen and broaden cooperation in the...
Article 79.(1) The Contracting Parties shall strengthen the dialogue between them...
Article 80.The cooperation provided for in Article 78 shall normally take...
Article 81.Where cooperation takes the form of participation by EFTA States...
Article 82.(1) When the cooperation envisaged under the present Part involves...
Article 83.Where cooperation takes the form of an exchange of information...
Article 84.Provisions governing cooperation in specific fields are set out in...
Article 85.Unless otherwise provided for in Protocol 31, cooperation already established...
Article 86.The EEA Joint Committee shall, in accordance with Part VII,...
Article 87.The Contracting Parties shall take the necessary steps to develop,...
Article 88.Without prejudice to provisions of other Parts of this Agreement,...
PART VII INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER 2 THE DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE
Article 97.This Agreement does not prejudge the right for each Contracting...
Article 98.The Annexes to this Agreement and Protocols 1 to 7,...
Article 99.(1) As soon as new legislation is being drawn up...
Article 100.The EC Commission shall ensure experts of the EFTA States...
Article 101.(1) In respect of committees which are covered neither by...
Article 102.(1) In order to guarantee the legal security and the...
Article 103.(1) If a decision of the EEA Joint Committee can...
Article 104.Decisions taken by the EEA Joint Committee in the cases...
CHAPTER 3 HOMOGENEITY, SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURE AND SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
PART IX GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 118.(1) Where a Contracting Party considers that it would be...
Article 119.The Annexes and the acts referred to therein as adapted...
Article 120.Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement and in particular in...
Article 121.The provisions of this Agreement shall not preclude cooperation: within...
Article 122.The representatives, delegates and experts of the Contracting Parties, as...
Article 123.Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Contracting Party from...
Article 124.The Contracting Parties shall accord nationals of EC Member States...
Article 125.This Agreement shall in no way prejudice the rules of...
Article 126.(1) The Agreement shall apply to the territories to which...
Article 127.Each Contracting Party may withdraw from this Agreement provided it...
Article 128.(1) Any European State becoming a member of the Community...
Article 129.(1) This Agreement is drawn up in a single original...
ATTACHMENTS
PROTOCOL 2 on products excluded from the scope of the agreement in accordance with article 8(3)(a)
PROTOCOL 3 concerning products referred to in article 8(3)(b) of the agreement
PROTOCOL 5 on customs duties of a fiscal nature (Liechtenstein, Switzerland)
PROTOCOL 6 on the building up of compulsory reserves by Liechtenstein
PROTOCOL 7 on quantitative restrictions which Iceland may retain
PROTOCOL 10 on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods
PROTOCOL 12 on conformity assessment agreements with third countries
PROTOCOL 13 on the non-application of anti-dumping and countervailing measures
PROTOCOL 15 on transitional periods on the free movement of persons (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
PROTOCOL 18 on internal procedures for the implementation of Article 43
PROTOCOL 21 on the implementation of competition rules applicable to undertakings
PROTOCOL 22 concerning the definition of ‘undertaking’ and ‘turnover’ (Article 56)
PROTOCOL 24 on cooperation in the field of control of concentrations
PROTOCOL 26 on the powers and functions of the EFTA Surveillance Authority in the field of State aid
PROTOCOL 30 on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics
PROTOCOL 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
PROTOCOL 32 on financial modalities for implementation of Article 82
PROTOCOL 36 on the Statute of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
PROTOCOL 42 on bilateral arrangements concerning specific agricultural products
PROTOCOL 44 On safeguard mechanisms pursuant to enlargements of the European Economic Area
PROTOCOL 45 on transitional periods concerning Spain and Portugal
PROTOCOL 46 on the development of cooperation in the fisheries sector
PROTOCOL 47 on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine
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