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Section for EEA Affairs

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01.01.2001* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: * EEA/EFTA section

Short name: EØS/EFTA-seksjonen

Affiliations: Ministry

Hierarchical level: Section

Superior body: * Department for bilateral european questions and european economical cooperation

Located: 301 Oslo

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2002* No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Superior body: * Europe department

01.01.2007* No change to unit, but change of superior

(The unit reports to a new superior organization because the previous superior organization was terminated at the same time.)

Superior body: European Department

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2015* Change of name

Name: EEA Coordination Centre

Short name: EØS-senteret

Tasks:
Current EEA matters. Incorporation of EU legislation. Secretariat for the Government’s European policy coordination committee. Justice and home affairs matters including Schengen. The EEA Coordination Centre will be the secretariat for the two inter-ministerial liaison committees, on EEA matters and on justice and home affairs, respectively. Relations with the EFTA institutions. Country responsibility for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and for Andorra, Monaco and San Marino. The Unit for EEA Translation Services will be organised under the EEA Coordination Centre.
Source: regjeringen.no (february 2015)

01.01.2017* Change of name

Name: Section for EEA and Schengen Affairs

Short name: EØS- og Schengen-seksjonen

Current EEA matters. Incorporation of EU legislation. Secretariat for the Government’s European policy coordination committee. Justice and home affairs matters including Schengen. The Section for EEA and Schengen Affairs will be the secretariat for the two inter-ministerial liaison committees, on EEA matters and on justice and home affairs, respectively. Relations with the EFTA institutions. The section is responsible for coordinating the Government’s work on Brexit. Country responsibility for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and for Andorra, Monaco and San Marino. The Unit for EEA Translation Services is organised under the section.
Source: regjeringen.no - 2017

01.01.2020* Change of name

Name: Section for EEA Affairs

Short name: EUR ESS

Tasks:
Current EEA matters. Incorporation of EU legislation. Secretariat for the Government’s European policy coordination committee. Justice and home affairs matters including Schengen. The Section for EEA and Schengen Affairs will be the secretariat for the two inter-ministerial liaison committees, on EEA matters and on justice and home affairs, respectively. Relations with the Efta institutions. The section is responsible for coordinating the Government’s work on Brexit. Country responsibility for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and for Andorra, Monaco and San Marino. The Unit for EEA Translation Services is organised under the section.
Source: regjeringen.no, 2020

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.

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