The Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA): A Guide to the Free Movement of Goods and Competition Rules

The EEA Agreement extends the internal market of the European Economic Community to the European Free Trade Area countries. The book aims to give readers an in-depth and practical understanding of the EEA rules governing the free movement of goods, namely product coverage and rules of origin, technical barriers to trade, intellectual property, product liability, public procurement, competition, State monopolies and public undertakings, and State aid. These are all areas of crucial importance to economic operators throughout Europe. A chapter is also devoted to the situation in Switzerland after its decision not to ratify the Agreement. The book provides a useful tool for companies and their lawyers confronted with this new legal framework.