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<p>Thus, except for Switzerland, the EFTA members are also members of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA comprises three member states of the EFTA and 27 <a href="page.php?w=member_states_of_the_European_Union">member states of the European Union</a> (EU). It was established on 1 January 1994 following an agreement with the <a href="page.php?w=European_Communities">European Economic Community</a> (which had become the European Community two months earlier). It allows the EFTA-EEA states to participate in the EU's Internal Market without being</p><p>
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