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European Union

Key definition

EEA definition

What does EEA mean? In legal practice, EEA refers to the European Economic Area: the single‑market bloc comprising all EU Member States together with the EFTA States Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (Switzerland is not part of the EEA). The term appears in specific UK and Irish legislation and EU instruments, and is also used descriptively to identify the states to which single‑market rights and obligations (free movement of goods, services, persons and capital) apply. Post‑Brexit, the UK is not an EEA State. In UK legislation, some pre‑exit references to the EEA have been saved or modified by EU exit regulations, so practitioners should check the...

EU/EEA citizens’ entry and residence under EU free movement law: initial, extended and permanent residence, derivative and retained rights, dual nationals, key CJEU decisions

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Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the entitlements of European Union citizens to enter and reside under EU free movement rules. For these purposes, ‘EU citizens’ refers to nationals of EU Member States. Nationals of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein) likewise benefit from EU free movement law under Directive 2004/38/EC, the Citizens’ Directive. Accordingly, references in this Practice Note to EU citizens also include EEA nationals. It is important to note that entry and residence on this basis arise as rights (under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)), and EU citizens (and non‑EU nationals) who fulfil the conditions for an EU right of residence, under secondary legislation, the Citizens’ Directive, are not obliged to secure Leave to enter or remain in the host Member State.

Rights of entry

Under the Citizens’ Directive, EU citizens may enter the host Member State on presentation of a valid Passport or national identity card, unless one of the exclusion grounds allowed under EU law applies. See Practice Note: EU citizens—restrictions on their right, exclusion and expulsion. In Direcţia pentru Evidenţa Persoanelor şi Administrarea Bazelor de Date, the...

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