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 Svein Roald HANSEN Labour Party
Mr Gunnar GUNDERSEN Conservative Party
Ms Marianne AASEN Labour Party
Mr Nikolai ASTRUP Conservative Party -2-
Mr Geir TOSKEDAL Christian Democratic Party
Ms Irene JOHANSEN Labour Party
Mr Fredric Holen BJØRDAL Labour Party
Ms Elin AGDESTEIN Conservative Party
Ms Liv-Signe NAVARSETE Centre Party
Mr Tor André JOHNSEN 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