ThisHandbook comprehensively addresses the breadth of law encompassed by the EEAAgreement, which extends the European Union´s Single Market to three EFTAcountries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
TheHandbook is first and foremost intended for practitioners and legal scholars,but its approachable style makes it readily accessible for students. TheHandbook provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the EEA Agreement,detailing how secondary EU law becomes applicable in the EFTA pillar, and theroles played by the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. Itconsiders the EEA Agreement from the respective perspectives of the nationalauthorities, courts, and the legal professions of Iceland, Liechtenstein andNorway. The book meticulously examines substantive EEA law, beginning with thegeneral principles and the four freedoms, through competition law and State aidto such aspects as the precautionary principle, tax law and mutualadministrative and legal assistance. Emphasis is placed on jurisprudence andespecially that of the EFTA Court.
Eachchapter has been written by a judge, noted practitioner or eminent academic intheir respective fields and the book is divided into twelve parts:
Part IHistory and main features of the EEA Agreement
Part IIGenesis of EEA Law
Part IIIInstitutions and Procedure
Part IVNational Authorities in the EFTA Pillar
Part VNational Courts in the EFTA Pillar
Part VI ThePracticing Bar in the EFTA Pillar
Part VIIGeneral Principles and Prohibition
Part VIIIThe Fundamental Freedoms
Part IXCompetition Law and Related Matters
Part XFurther Areas of Economic Law
Part XI Lawof Natural and Economic Resources
Part XIISocial Protection and Public Health
