On 24 April 2025, the European Commission presented a legislative package updating the current rules on periodic roadworthiness testing, roadside inspections and vehicle registration. On 4 December 20...

This mission formed part of EFTA’s technical cooperation work programme in the field of statistics for 2026, approved by the EFTA Council at its first meeting of 2026.

Sveinung Røren, Director of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries of Norway, acted as the EFTA spokesperson, while Chief Negotiator Le Trieu Dung, Director-General at the Ministry of Industry ...

The meeting brought together representatives of workers’ and employers’ organisations, as well as civil society groups from the EU and the EEA EFTA States. It was co-chaired by Juraj Sipko from the Eu...

“This is the largest number of acts we have incorporated in several years, which illustrates the good progress made by the EEA EFTA States and EU in reducing the backlog”, stated Icelandic Ambassador ...

The DEA builds on the EFTA–Singapore Free Trade Agreement, which entered into force in 2003, and marks a significant milestone in the strong and longstanding economic relationship between the EFTA Sta...

Ambassador Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson, the newly appointed Head of Mission of Iceland to the EU, opened the meeting as Chair of the EFTA Standing Committee and EEA Joint Committee.“This forum plays an ...

The Signatory State Parties of MERCOSUR (the Republic of Argentina, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay) and the EFTA States (Iceland, the ...

The EEA EFTA States presented a recent Comment on the Omnibus proposals and simplification agenda, and the two sides exchanged views on the European Commission’s new Import Surveillance Task Force. Ma...