Academic Scientific JournalsMembership without accession? Norway and Iceland and the application of European Union law
Keywords:
European Union, European Union law, European Economic Area, Norway, IcelandAbstract
Norway and Iceland are two states that are closely integrated with the European Union (EU) despite formally not being its members. Above all this is a result of them being bound by parts of EU law. On the one hand, as members of the European Economic Area, they apply EU laws that constitute its internal market as well as acts related to most of other EU policies once contained in its first pillar. On the other hand, being Schengen associated states, they are also required to apply EU border crossing and asylum rules and regulations. The article examines the mechanisms and procedures employed to enable the two states to apply EU law as well as ensure its proper application. It also investigates the range of EU laws that Norway and Iceland are obligated to follow and the degree to which they do so.
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