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• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Europeanization An analytical framework
• Europeanization in the context of the EEA
• Europeanization defined as a two-way process
• ‘Mismatch’ as a trigger for Europeanization
• Dependent and intervening variables
• Theoretical grounding in new institutionalism
• Findings from other states
• EU member states
• Non-members
• Measuring Europeanization
• 2 Uploading in the EEA
• Limitations of a small administration
• The Commission as the main formal point of access
• Expert groups
• Comitology committees
• Lobbying decision-making bodies from the outside
• The Council
• The European Parliament
• Intra-EFTA collaboration
• Exemptions and adaptations
• Conclusions
• 3 Downloading in the EEA
• Domestic intervening variables
• Administrative capacity
• Cultures of compliance
• Civil society and veto points
• External pressures
• Opportunities for socialization
• Asymmetry of power
• The threat ofsuspension
• EFTA infringement procedures
• How effective are these mechanisms?
• Conclusions
• 4 Market competition in the electricity sector
• Origins and objectives of the Electricity Directive
• Mismatch between the EU and national levels
• Attempts to gain an exemption as a small isolated system
• Transposition without exemption
• Over-implementation?
• Conclusions
• 5 European citizenship and free movement of persons
• Free movement as an integral part of EU citizenship
• EEA-relevance as a convenient excuse for non-adoption?
• Can the EFTA states say ‘No’?
• Conclusions
• 6 The Emissions Trading Scheme
• What is the EU ETS?
• Incorporation of the ETS into the EEA Agreement
• Special recognition for ultra-peripheral regions?
• Implementation at the national level – or lack thereof?
• Conclusions
• 7 The Food Law Package
• Mismatch between the EU and national levels
• Incorporation of the Food Law Package into the EEA Agreement
• Adoption at the national level
• The national debate and content of the implementing legislation
• Conclusions and potential next steps
• 8 Review of key findings
• Analytical framework, research questions and hypotheses
• Is Iceland a decision-shaper?
• How likely is domestic adaptation in Iceland?
• 9 The EEA: Challenges and future scenarios
• Challenges in the EEA
• The democratic deficit
• An evolving EU versus a static EEA
• Dwindling numbers on the EFTA side
• Future of the EEA
• And then there were two?
• EEA no more?
• Expansion of the Agreement?
• Notes
• Introduction
• 1 Europeanization: An analytical framework
• 2 Uploading in the EEA
• 3 Downloading in the EEA
• 4 Market competition in the electricity sector
• 5 European citizenship and free movement of persons
• 6 The Emissions Trading Scheme
• 7 The Food Law Package
• 8 Review of key findings
• 9 The EEA: Challenges and future scenarios
• Appendix I: Interviews
• Appendix II: Internal EFTA documents
• Bibliography
• Index