EFTA Secretariat hosts launch of EEA law Handbook

The Handbook of EEA Law provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the EEA Agreement, detailing how secondary EU law becomes applicable in the EFTA pillar, and the roles played by the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. With contributions from more than 40 judges, practitioners and academics, the 860-page book considers the EEA Agreement from the respective perspectives of the national authorities, courts and legal professions of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It meticulously examines substantive EEA law, from the general principles and the four freedoms, through competition law and state aid to such aspects as the precautionary principle, tax law and mutual administrative and legal assistance. Emphasis is placed on jurisprudence, especially that of the EFTA Court.

On 15 December, one hundred participants attended the launch event and heard speeches by Dag W. Holter, Deputy Secretary-General of EFTA, Sven Erik Svedman, President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, Ian Forrester, Judge of the General Court of the European Union, Anke Seyfried of Springer, the Handbook's publisher, and Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court and the editor of the Handbook.

Representatives of three EFTA institutions at the book launch: Carl Baudenbacher (middle right), President of the EFTA Court and editor of the Handbook, Sven Erik Svedman (middle left), President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, and Dag W. Holter (right), Deputy-Secretary General, the EFTA Secretariat. To the left, Doris Baudenbacher-Tandler.