About EFTA. Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

EFTA has an extensive worldwide network of free trade relations. Its third-country policy aims to safeguard the economic interests of its Member States, support and reinforce European and interregional integration, and contribute to global efforts to liberalise trade and investment.

The EU Member States, together with three of the EFTA States - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway - make up the EEA Contracting Parties (the EEA States). In everyday language, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway go by the term “EEA EFTA States” in order to clarify that the other EFTA State, Switzerland, is not party to the EEA Agreement.

The four EFTA States are all open, competitive economies committed to the progressive liberalisation of trade in the multinational arena and in free trade agreements. Annual Budget. EFTA’s budget is prepared in two currencies: Swiss francs (CHF) and euros (EUR).

About EFTA. Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

About EFTA. Learn more about the European Free Trade Association, including its history, Member States, organisation, annual budget, media resources, current job opportunities and staff contact details.

EFTA has an extensive worldwide network of free trade relations. Its third-country policy aims to safeguard the economic interests of its Member States, support and reinforce European and interregional integration, and contribute to global efforts to liberalise trade and investment.

EFTA has an extensive worldwide network of free trade relations. Its third-country policy aims to safeguard the economic interests of its Member States, support and reinforce European and interregional integration, and contribute to global efforts to liberalise trade and investment.

The EFTA States have the possibility to negotiate free trade agreements (FTAs) together as one bloc of like-minded countries, and share an economic framework for intra-EFTA trade. The EFTA-at-three countries also benefit from the Association’s joint management of the EEA Agreement.

The EFTA Convention facilitates the free movement of goods between the EFTA States through mutual recognition of conformity assessments and notification of draft technical regulations. The EEA Agreement extends the Union’s internal market rules to the three EEA EFTA States.