Consequences for the seafood industry of termination of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement
This is an interdisciplinary cooperation and book project led by NUPI (Arne Melchior) and Nord University, Bodø (Frode Nilssen). The main aim of the project has been the publication of a book in Norwegian about the consequences for the seafood industry if the EEA agreement is terminated.
Abolition of the EEA is not an easy thing because Norway has a large number of related agreements with the EU beyond the EEA itself, and the EEA Agreement is embedded in laws and practice in a large number of fields. Termination of the EEA could therefore, unless Norway becomes a member of the EU, lead to negotiations with the EU about new modalities of cooperation in many areas.
This raises several issues that have also been relevant in the context of Brexit.
The book, titled Sjømatnæringen og Europa EØS og alternativene, was published at Universitetsforlaget in November 2020.
Funding program
This project is funded by the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF)Articles
Book launch: EEA and the alternatives – what about NOREXIT?
What are the alternatives to the EEA Agreement? What happens if Norway joins the EU, or if the EEA is terminated? A new book edited by Arne Melchior and Frode Nilssen looks into this.
Publications
Sjømatnæringen og Europa. EØS og alternativene
Sjømatnæringen og Europa: EU-medlemskap, EØS eller NOREXIT?
Fra «fiskebrevet» til EØS: Betydningen av toll for norsk sjømateksport til EU
Norges handelsforhandlinger med EU gjennom 50 år: Sakskoblinger og forhandlingsmakt
Utenlandsinvesteringer i sjømatnæringen og norsk tilknytning til EU
Swiss-EU Relations With a Focus on the Current Situation
Interessekonflikter i norsk handelspolitikk
Project Manager
External
Frode Nilssen, Christel Elvestad, Terje Mathiesen, Gisle Solvoll, Nord University
Edgar Henriksen, Nofima
Trond Bjørndal, SNF
Gordon Munro, Univ. of British Columbia
Frode Veggeland, NIBIO/UiO
Finn Arnesen and Markus Laurantzon, UiO
Per Botolf Maurseth, BI/NUPI