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[[EFTA]] is like a gateway drug to the [[EEA]], because to get in that club, you first have to (cough ... ''re'')join [[EFTA]]. All of the EFTA Member States bar [[Switzerland]] are also members of the EEA. | [[EFTA]] is like a gateway drug to the [[EEA]], because to get in that club, you first have to (cough ... ''re'')join [[EFTA]]. All of the EFTA Member States bar [[Switzerland]] are also members of the EEA. | ||
Switerland has a series of bilateral agreements with the EU. | Switerland has a series of bilateral agreements with the EU. | ||
EU directives and regulations marked as having “[[Text with EEA relevance]]” apply to the EEA members of EFTA, and sometimes to Switzerland too, though the precise reasons and basis for that are sometimes hard to fathom. | |||
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*[https://brexit.law/2016/07/06/efta-and-the-eea-what-are-they/ A much more plausible summary of the above from Brick Court Chambers, with fewer jovial references to ''The Blues Brothers'', drugs etc] | *[https://brexit.law/2016/07/06/efta-and-the-eea-what-are-they/ A much more plausible summary of the above from Brick Court Chambers, with fewer jovial references to ''The Blues Brothers'', drugs etc] | ||