Skip to secondary menu Skip to primary menu Skip to content Skip to sidebar first

Secondary

  • EEA-Lex
  • EFTA Toolbox Back to EFTA Toolbox
    • How EU law becomes EEA law
    • EFTA SharePoint
    • SME Information Hub
    • How to read EEA law
    • EFTA's Free Trade Agreements Monitor
    • Extranet
  • Media & Resources Back to Media & Resources
    • News
    • Monthly newsletter
    • Publications
    • Logo, photos & videos
  • Careers Back to Careers
    • Open vacancies
    • Junior Professional Programme
    • Life at EFTA

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About EFTA Back to About EFTA
      • About Us (with mega menu)

        About EFTA

        Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

      • The European Free Trade Association Back to The European Free Trade Association
        • History
        • Public Access to documents
      • The EFTA Secretariat Back to The EFTA Secretariat
        • Secretaries General
        • Staff Directory
        • EFTA Budget
        • Visit our Secretariat
        • Events Calendar
        • Contact
      • EFTA Council
      • EEA Institutions
      • Advisory Bodies Back to Advisory Bodies
        • Parliamentary Committee Back to Parliamentary Committee
          • Members
          • Documents
          • News
          • EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee Back to EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
            • Members
            • Documents
            • News
        • Consultative Committee Back to Consultative Committee
          • Members
          • Documents
          • EEA Consultative Committee Back to EEA Consultative Committee
            • Members
            • Documents
        • EEA EFTA Forum Back to EEA EFTA Forum
          • Members
          • Documents
      • Legal documents Back to Legal documents
        • The EFTA Convention Back to The EFTA Convention
          • Short Overview of the EFTA Convention
        • EEA Legal Texts Back to EEA Legal Texts
          • Annexes to the Agreement
          • Protocols to the Agreement 
          • Adopted Joint Committee Decisions 
          • Adopted Decisions of the EEA Council
          • EEA Supplement
          • EEA-Lex
        • Legal vocabulary
      • FAQs
      • Careers
      • Annual Report 2024
  • EEA & Relations with the EU Back to EEA & Relations with the EU
      • EEA & Relations with the EU (mega menu)

        EEA & Relations with the EU

        The Agreement on the European Economic Area brings together the EU Member States and the three EEA EFTA States – Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway – into one Single Market, also referred to as the Internal Market.

      • Q&A about the EEA Agreement
      • EEA Institutions - Two Pillar Structure Back to EEA Institutions - Two Pillar Structure
        • The EEA EFTA States
        • EEA Council
        • EEA Joint Committee
        • Standing Committee of the EFTA States
        • EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
        • EEA Consultative Committee
      • How the EEA works Back to How the EEA works
        • English
        • Icelandic
        • Norwegian
        • German
      • How to read EEA law
      • Decision shaping Back to Decision shaping
        • EEA EFTA Comments
      • Policy areas Back to Policy areas
        • Free Movement of Goods Back to Free Movement of Goods
          • Mechanisms enabling the Free Movement of Goods
          • Standardisation
          • Accreditation and Conformity Assessment
          • Customs Matters
          • Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Safety
        • Free Movement of Services
        • Free Movement of Capital
        • Free Movement of Persons
        • Horizontal Policies Back to Horizontal Policies
          • EU Programmes with EEA EFTA Participation Back to EU Programmes with EEA EFTA Participation
            • Applications and Finances
            • Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI)
            • Erasmus+
        • Competition / State Aid
      • EEA legal matters
      • EFTA seminars
      • Participation in EU Agencies
      • EFTA National Experts
  • Trade Relations Back to Trade Relations
      • Trade relations (with mega menu)

        Trade relations

        EFTA has an extensive worldwide network of free trade relations. Its third-country policy aims to safeguard the economic interests of its Member States, support and reinforce European and interregional integration, and contribute to global efforts to liberalise trade and investment.

      • Free trade network Back to Free trade network
        • Processed Agricultural Products notifications
      • Horizontal work Back to Horizontal work
        • Objectives in free trade agreements
        • Free trade agreement preference utilisation
        • Trade and sustainable development
        • Customs and origin
        • Technical assistance
        • Trade statistics
      • SME Information Hub
  • Statistical Cooperation Back to Statistical Cooperation
      • Statistical Cooperations (mega menu)

        Statistical Cooperation

        Statistics play a fundamental role in planning, developing and monitoring the economic, social and environmental aspects of the European Single Market. The EFTA Statistical Office (ESO) is the liaison office between the EFTA National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) and Eurostat – the statistical office of the European Union. Cooperation between the EFTA NSIs, Eurostat and ESO, particularly in the context of the EEA Agreement, and technical cooperation with partner countries outside the European Statistical System remain the two main areas of ESO’s activities.

      • Statistical Cooperation Back to Statistical Cooperation
        • European Statistical System
        • Statistics in the EEA Agreement
        • Swiss/EU Agreement on Statistics
        • European Statistical Training Programme
        • Technical cooperation in the field of statistics Back to Technical cooperation in the field of statistics
          • Technical Cooperation Activities in 2025
      • EFTA Statistical Office Back to EFTA Statistical Office
        • News
        • Publications
        • EFTA Experts Seconded to Eurostat
      • Partner Organisations
EFTA logo
European Free Trade Association

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. About EFTA
  3. Legal documents
  4. EEA Legal Texts
  5. Adopted Joint Committee Decisions 
  6. Protocols

Protocols



pdf en 127.9 KB
Protocol 1 on horizontal adaptations
pdf en 64.56 KB
Protocol 2 on products excluded from the scope of the Agreement in accordance with Article 8(3)(a)
pdf en 1.02 MB
Protocol 3 concerning products referred to in Article 8(3)(b) of the Agreement
pdf en 1.49 MB
Protocol 4 on rules of origin
pdf en 112.15 KB
Protocol 5 on customs duties of a fiscal nature (Switzerland/Liechtenstein)
pdf en 57.24 KB
Protocol 6 on the building up of compulsory reserves by Switzerland and Liechtenstein
pdf en 12.25 KB
Protocol 7 on quantitative restrictions which Iceland may retain
pdf en 9.77 KB
Protocol 8 on State monopolies
pdf en 176.44 KB
Protocol 9 on trade in fish and other marine products
pdf en 395.29 KB
Protocol 10 on simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of carriage of goods
pdf en 54.97 KB
Protocol 11 on mutual assistance in customs matters
pdf en 9.54 KB
Protocol 12 on conformity assessment agreements with third countries
pdf en 9.71 KB
Protocol 13 on the non-application of anti-dumping and countervailing measures
pdf en 16.19 KB
Protocol 14 on trade in coal and steel products
pdf en 22.58 KB
Protocol 15 on transitional periods on the free movement of persons (Switzerland and Liechtenstein)
pdf en 19.92 KB
Protocol 16 – Social Security – Transitional periods on the free movement of persons (Liechtenstein)
pdf en 10.19 KB
Protocol 17 concerning Article 34
pdf en 10.37 KB
Protocol 18 on internal procedures for the implementation of Article 43
pdf en 68.33 KB
Protocol 19 on maritime transport
pdf en 10.7 KB
Protocol 20 on access to inland waterways
pdf en 140.64 KB
Protocol 21 on the implementation of competition rules applicable to undertakings
pdf en 111.35 KB
Protocol 22 concerning the definition of "undertaking" and "turnover" (Article 56)
pdf en 89.73 KB
Protocol 23 concerning the cooperation between the surveillance authorities (Article 58)
pdf en 136.34 KB
Protocol 24 on cooperation in the field of control of concentrations
pdf en 91.79 KB
Protocol 25 on competition regarding coal and steel
pdf en 158.57 KB
Protocol 26 on the powers and functions of the EFTA Surveillance Authority in the field of State aid
pdf en 61.5 KB
Protocol 27 on cooperation in the field of State aid
pdf en 27.81 KB
Protocol 28 on intellectual property
pdf en 9.18 KB
Protocol 29 on vocational training
pdf en 132.63 KB
Protocol 30 on specific provisions on the organization of cooperation in the field of statistics
pdf en 752.27 KB
Protocol 31 on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
pdf en 91.66 KB
Protocol 32 on financial modalities for the implementation of Article 82
pdf en 9.9 KB
Protocol 33 on arbitration procedures
pdf en 10.04 KB
Protocol 34 – Possibility to request the Court of Justice of European Communities to decide on the interpretation of EEA rules
pdf en 9.59 KB
Protocol 35 on the implementation of EEA rules
pdf en 14.65 KB
Protocol 36 on the Statute of the EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
pdf en 141.25 KB
Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101
pdf en 21.84 KB
Protocol 38 on the financial mechanism
pdf en 30 KB
Protocol 38a on the EEA financial mechanism
pdf en 36.62 KB
Protocol 38b on the EEA financial mechanism (2009-2014)
pdf en 316.53 KB
Protocol 38c on the EEA financial mechanism (2014-2021)
pdf en 820.42 KB
Protocol 38d on the EEA financial mechanism (2021-2028)
pdf en 53.34 KB
Protocol 39 on the ECU
pdf en 9.57 KB
Protocol 40 on Svalbard
pdf en 102.28 KB
Protocol 41 on existing agreements
pdf en 9.37 KB
Protocol 42 on bilateral arrangements concerning specific agricultural products
pdf en 9.65 KB
Protocol 43 on the Agreement between the EEC and the Republic of Austria on the transit of goods by road and rail
pdf en 86.12 KB
Protocol 44 on safeguard mechanisms pursuant to enlargements of the European Economic Area
pdf en 8.92 KB
Protocol 45 on transitional periods concerning Spain and Portugal
pdf en 9.06 KB
Protocol 46 on the development of cooperation in the fisheries sector
pdf en 234.19 KB
Protocol 47 on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine
pdf en 8.68 KB
Protocol 48 concerning Articles 105 and 111
pdf en 9.37 KB
Protocol 49 on Ceuta and Melilla
Share
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • facebook
  • email
About EFTA

Sidebar: Menu Main

  • About Us (with mega menu)

    About EFTA

    Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

  • The European Free Trade Association Back to The European Free Trade Association
    • History
    • Public Access to documents
  • The EFTA Secretariat Back to The EFTA Secretariat
    • Secretaries General
    • Staff Directory
    • EFTA Budget
    • Visit our Secretariat
    • Events Calendar
    • Contact
  • EFTA Council
  • EEA Institutions
  • Advisory Bodies Back to Advisory Bodies
    • Parliamentary Committee Back to Parliamentary Committee
      • Members
      • Documents
      • News
      • EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee Back to EEA Joint Parliamentary Committee
        • Members
        • Documents
        • News
    • Consultative Committee Back to Consultative Committee
      • Members
      • Documents
      • EEA Consultative Committee Back to EEA Consultative Committee
        • Members
        • Documents
    • EEA EFTA Forum Back to EEA EFTA Forum
      • Members
      • Documents
  • Legal documents Back to Legal documents
    • The EFTA Convention Back to The EFTA Convention
      • Short Overview of the EFTA Convention
    • EEA Legal Texts Back to EEA Legal Texts
      • Annexes to the Agreement
      • Protocols to the Agreement 
      • Adopted Joint Committee Decisions 
      • Adopted Decisions of the EEA Council
      • EEA Supplement
      • EEA-Lex
    • Legal vocabulary
  • FAQs
  • Careers
  • Annual Report 2024

Annual Report 2024

European Free Trade Association Annual Report 2024

Discover highlights from EFTA's Annual Report for 2024, showcasing developments in trade negotiations and the EEA process.

Read the Annual Report 2024

Subscribe to the EFTA newsletter

Stay up to date on our recent and upcoming activities
Sign up

Footer Menu

  • About EFTA
  • EEA & Relations with the EU
  • Trade relations
  • Statistical Cooperation
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy

Connect with us

  • email
  • facebook
  • youtube
  • linkedin

Other EFTA institutions

  • Logo of norway
  • Logo of esa
  • Logo of efta-court
EFTA offices EFTA offices
Brussels Luxembourg Geneva
EFTA logo
© 2025 European Free Trade Association
Go to top
Close
  • Home
  • Main menu
  • Secondary menu
  • Search