EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

45TH MEETING OF THE EEA JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

Brussels 19 November 2015

DRAFT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

EFTA

Iceland

Mr Guðlaugur Þór ÞÓRÐARSON Independence Party

Mr Árni Páll ÅRNASON Social Democratic Alliance

Ms Katrín JAKOBSDÓTTIR Left-Green Movement

Mr Vilhjálmur BJARNASON Independence Party

Mr Willum Þór ÞÓRSSON Progressive Party

Mr Stígur STEFÁNSSON Secretary to the delegation

Liechtenstein

Mr Elfried HASLER Progressive Citizen’s Party (President of the EEA JPC)

Mr Harry QUADERER Independent

Ms Sandra GERBER-LEUENBERGER Secretary to the delegation

Norway

Mr Labour Party

Mr Gunnar GUNDERSEN Conservative Party

Ms Labour Party

Mr Nikolai ASTRUP Conservative Party -2-

Mr Geir TOSKEDAL Christian Democratic Party

Ms Labour Party

Mr Fredric Holen BJØRDAL Labour Party

Ms Elin AGDESTEIN Conservative Party

Ms Liv-Signe NAVARSETE Centre Party

Mr Progress Party

Mr Heikki Eidsvoll HOLMÅS Socialist Left Party

Mr Per NESTANDE Senior Adviser, International Secretariat of the Norwegian Parliament

Ms Merethe ELVESTAD Secretary to the delegation

Ms Margrethe SAXEGAARD Secretary to the delegation

European Parliament

Mr Jørn DOHRMANN (EEA JPC Vice- ECR President)

Ms Anna HEDH S&D

Mr Jasenko SELIMOVIC ALDE

Mr Georges BACH EPP

Mr Carlos COELHO EPP

Mr Michel DANTIN EPP

Mr Norbert LINS EPP

Ms Julia PITERA EPP

Ms Mercedes BRESSO S&D

Ms Catherine STIHLER S&D

Ms Kerstin WESTPHAL S&D

Ms Kay SWINBURNE ECR

Mr Nils TORVALDS ALDE -3-

Ms Rina Ronja KARI GUE/NGL

Ms Jill EVANS The Greens/EFA

Mr Rolandas PAKSAS EFDD

Ms Sophie MONTEL ENF

Mr Daniel DALTON Substitute member of the EP delegation, ECR

Secretariat

Mr Thomas GRUNERT Head of Enlargement/EEA Unit, DG EXPO Ms Amelia PADURARIU Desk officer, SINEEA delegation

Ms Kristina KNIUKŠTAITĖ Assistant, SINEEA delegation

Ms Aydan BAHADIR DG EXPO, Policy department

Ms Ingrid PONCE Protocol

Observers - Switzerland

Ms Kathy RIKLIN Christian Democratic Party

Mr Eric NUSSBAUMER Social Democratic Party

Ms Eva PAUL Secretary to the delegation

Mr Dieter CAVALLERI Minister, Parliamentary Affairs, Mission of Switzerland to the European Union

EFTA Secretariat

Mr Kristinn ÁRNASON Secretary-General

Mr Dag W. HOLTER Deputy Secretary-General

Mr Georges BAUR Assistant Secretary-General

Mr Marius VAHL Head of EEA policy coordination -4-

Ms Trine BERGGREN Senior Officer

Ms Runa MONSTAD Senior Legal Officer

Ms Camilla LANGSHOLT Officer

Ms Anne Margrethe LUND Temporary Officer

Ms Marianna DI BRITA Legal Officer

Ms Elisabeth Lian HAUGSDAL Legal Officer

Mr Fredrik NORDBØ Trainee

Ms Unnur Elfa HALSTEINSDÓTTIR Legal Trainee

Ms Gudrun KVARAN Information Trainee

Speakers

H.E. Oda H. SLETNES President-in-office of the EEA Joint Committee, also representing the President-in-Office of the EEA Council

Mr Claude MAERTEN EU President of the EEA Joint Committee, Head of Western Europe division, EEAS

Mr Marc BICHLER Ambassador, Luxembourg Chair of the EFTA Working Party of the Council of the EU

Mr Sven Erik SVEDMAN President of the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Mr Dominique RISTORI Director General for Energy, European Commission

Mr Ward MÖHLMANN Policy Coordinator Financial Services, DG FISMA, European Commission

Ms Dora Sif TYNES Head of EEA Legal Services -5-

Other guests

Mr Petr ZAHRADNIK Co-Chair, EEA Consultative Committee

Mr Halldór ÁRNASON Vice-Chair, EFTA Consultative Committee

Mr Vaclav NAVRATIL EEA desk officer, EEAS

Ms Bärbel DUERHAGER European Council