The EFTA Standing Committee and the EEA Joint Committee met in Brussels on 5 and 7 July 2017 respectively.
The EFTA States and Ecuador held their third round of negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), from 3 to 6 July in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
On 26 June 2017, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) held its summer Ministerial meeting in Longyearbyen, Norway.The meeting was chaired by Ms Monica Mæland, Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry.
After four days of discussions, the 1st Round of Negotiations between the MERCOSUR and the EFTA States on a Free Trade Agreement was successfully concluded. The negotiations were held in a very constructive and amicable atmosphere and good progress was achieved in all areas.
The fifteenth meeting of the EEA EFTA Forum took place in Norway on 15 and 16 June 2017.
On 15 June in Geneva, at the last meeting in 2017 chaired by Norway, the EFTA Council discussed preparations for the EFTA Ministerial meeting in Longyearbyen on 26 June 2017.
The Standing Committee of the EFTA States and the EEA Joint Committee met in Brussels on 12 and 13 June 2017 respectively. In the Joint Committee meeting, 14 decisions were adopted incorporating 30 legal acts into the EEA Agreement.
During a fourth round of negotiations held from 6 to 9 June 2017 in Mexico City, delegations from the four EFTA States and Mexico continued their negotiations on a review of their Free Trade Agreement.
The EEA Joint Committee adopted a package of 9 Joint Committee Decisions (JCDs) encompassing 31 legal acts providing for the incorporation of the EU Regulations establishing the Financial European Supervisory Authorities, 30 September 2016. EEA Consolidated Versions are now available.
Social partners from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) met in Prague on 6 and 7 June for the 25th meeting of the EEA Consultative Committee (EEA CC).