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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-1/attachment-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1994/1",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the Council and the Commission of 13 December 1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area between the European Communities, their Member States and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation (94/1/ECSC, EC)",
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  "path": "attachment/1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Agreement on the European Economic Area\nPREAMBLE\nTHE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,\nTHE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,\nTHE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,\nTHE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,\nTHE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,\nTHE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,\nTHE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,\nTHE FRENCH REPUBLIC,\nIRELAND,\nTHE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,\nTHE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,\nTHE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,\nTHE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,\nTHE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND\nAND\nTHE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,\nTHE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,\nTHE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND,\nTHE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN,\nTHE KINGDOM OF NORWAY,\nTHE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,\nTHE SWISS CONFEDERATION\nhereinafter referred to as the CONTRACTING PARTIES;\nCONVINCED of the contribution that a European Economic Area will bring to the construction of a Europe based on peace, democracy and human rights;\nREAFFIRMING the high priority attached to the privileged relationship between the European Community, its Member States and the EFTA States, which is based on proximity, long-standing common values and European identity;\nDETERMINED to contribute, on the basis of market economy, to world-wide trade liberalization and cooperation, in particular in accordance with the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the Convention on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;\nCONSIDERING the objective of establishing a dynamic and homogeneous European Economic Area, based on common rules and equal conditions of competition and providing for the adequate means of enforcement including at the judicial level, and achieved on the basis of equality and reciprocity and of an overall balance of benefits, rights and obligations for the Contracting Parties;\nDETERMINED to provide for the fullest possible realization of the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital within the whole European Economic Area, as well as for strengthened and broadened cooperation in flanking and horizontal policies;\nAIMING to promote a harmonious development of the European Economic Area and convinced of the need to contribute through the application of this Agreement to the reduction of economic and social regional disparities;\nDESIROUS of contributing to the strengthening of the cooperation between the members of the European Parliament and of the Parliaments of the EFTA States, as well as between the social partners in the European Community and in the EFTA States;\nCONVINCED of the important role that individuals will play in the European Economic Area through the exercise of the rights conferred on them by this Agreement and through the judicial defence of these rights;\nDETERMINED to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment and to ensure a prudent and rational utilization of natural resources on the basis, in particular, of the principle of sustainable development, as well as the principle that precautionary and preventive action should be taken;\nDETERMINED to take, in the further development of rules, a high level of protection concerning health, safety and the environment as a basis;\nNOTING the importance of the development of the social dimension, including equal treatment of men and women, in the European Economic Area and wishing to ensure economic and social progress and to promote conditions for full employment, an improved standard of living and improved working conditions within the European Economic Area;\nDETERMINED to promote the interests of consumers and to strengthen their position in the market place, aiming at a high level of consumer protection;\nATTACHED to the common objectives of strengthening the scientific and technological basis of European industry and of encouraging it to become more competitive at the international level;\nCONSIDERING that the conclusion of this Agreement shall not prejudge in any way the possibility of any EFTA State to accede to the European Communities;\nWHEREAS, in full deference to the independence of the courts, the objective of the Contracting Parties is to arrive at, and maintain, a uniform interpretation and application of this Agreement and those provisions of Community legislation which are substantially reproduced in this Agreement and to arrive at an equal treatment of individuals and economic operators as regards the four freedoms and the conditions of competition;\nWHEREAS this Agreement does not restrict the decision-making autonomy or the treaty-making power of the Contracting Parties, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the limitations set by public international law;\nHAVE DECIDED to conclude the following Agreement:\nEn fe de lo cual, los plenipotenciarios abajo firmantes suscriben el presente acuerdo.\nTil bekræftelse heraf har undertegnede befuldmægtigede underskrevet denne aftale.\nZu Urkund dessen haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihre Unterschriften unter dieses Abkommen gesetzt.\nΕις πίστωση των ανωτέρω, οι υπογεγραμμένοι πληρεξούσιοι έθεσαν τις υπογραφές τους στην παρούσα συμφωνία.\nIn witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement.\nEn foi de quoi, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du présent accord.\nþEssu til staðfestingar hafa undirritaðir fulltrúar, sem til þess hafa fullt umboð, undirritað samning þennan.\nIn fede di che, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente accordo.\nTen blijke waarvan de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder deze Overeenkomst hebben gesteld.\nSom bevitnelse på dette har de undertegnede befullmäktigade undertegnet denne avtal.\nEm fé do que, os plenipotenciários abaixo assinados apuseram as suas assinaturas no final do presente acordo.\nTämän vakuudeksi alla mainitut täysivaltaiset edustajat ovat allekirjoittaneet tämän sopimuksen.\nTill bestyrkande härav har undertecknade befullmäktigade ombud undertecknat detta avtal.\nHecho en Oporto, el dos de mayo de mil novecientos noventa y dos.\nUdfærdiget i Porto, den anden maj nitten hundrede og tooghalvfems.\nGeschehen zu Porto am zweiten Mai neunzehnhundertzweiundneunzig.\n'Εγινε στο Πόρτο, στις δύο Μαΐου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα δύο.\nDone at Oporto on the second day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-two.\nFait à Porto, le deux mai mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-douze.\nGjört í Oporto annan dag maímánaðar árið nítján hundruð níutíu og tvö.\nFatto a Porto, addì due maggio millenovecentonovantadue.\nGedaan te Oporto, de tweede mei negentienhonderd tweeënnegentig.\nGitt i Oporte på den annen dag i mai i året nittenhundre og nitti to.\nFeito no Porto, em dois de Maio de mil novecentos e noventa e dois.\nTehty portossa toisena päivänä toukokuuta tuhat yhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäkaksi.\nUndertecknat i Oporto de 2 maj 1992.\nPor el Consejo y la Comisión de las Comunidades Europeas\nFor Rådet og Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber\nFür den Rat und die Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften\nΓια το Συμβούλιο και την Επιτροπή των Ευρωπαϊκών Κοινοτήτων\nFor the Council and the Commission of the European Communities\nPour le Conseil et la Commission des Communautés européennes\nPer il Consiglio e la Commissione delle Comunità europee\nVoor de Raad en de Commissie van de Europese Gemeenschappen\nPelo Conselho e pela Comissão das Comunidades Europeias\nPour le royaume de Belgique\nVoor het Koninkrijk België\nPå Kongeriget Danmarks vegne\nFür die Bundesrepublik Deutschland\nΓια την Ελληνική Δημοκρατία\nPor el Reino de España\nPour la République française\nThar cheann Na hÉireann\nFor Ireland\nPer la Repubblica italiana\nPour le grand-duché de Luxembourg\nVoor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden\nPela República Portuguesa\nFor the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\nFür die Republik Österreich\nSuomen tasavallan puolesta\nFyrir Lýðveldið Ísland\nFür das Fürstentum Liechtenstein\nFor Kongeriket Norge\nFör Konungariket Sverige\nFür die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft\nPour la Confédération suisse\nPer la Confederazione svizzera",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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