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.