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The EEA Joint Committee is an institution of the
European Economic Area The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the ''Agreement on the European Economic Area'', an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade As ...
(EEA). It is composed of representatives of
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, Liechtenstein,
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, and the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...
. Its main function is to approve the application of
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s and regulations in the three EEA states which are not EU members. Once approved by the Committee these modify the
EEA Agreement The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the ''Agreement on the European Economic Area'', an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Ass ...
and thus force the three EEA states to implement them. Its decisions are taken by consensus.


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