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There is an objectionable phrase here in my opinion, the article states that "EEA members have no financial burden" but the countries do contribute to the EU budget - Norway for instance contributes over 200 million Euros a year to the budget. Personally I think it's a bit misleading.

One legend on EEA is very confusing:

• EU states which form part of the EEA
• EFTA states which form part of the EEA
• Non-EU/non-EFTA state with transitional/implementation status[2]
• EU state which provisionally forms part of the EEA
• EFTA state which signed the EEA agreement but did not join

This need to be explained: "please explain what you are trying to do on Talk page" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Economic_Area&diff=962011889&oldid=961963516

There are several issues with this:

1. Line 1 vs 4: First line says EU states are part of the EEA, while line 4 says that 1 EU state is "provisionally" part of the EEA. This is not easy to understand and is at least confusing:

   • If Croatia is not a full part of the EEA (because ratification was not completed), first line should clarify that only 26 out of 27 EU members states are part of the EEA
   • If Croatia is full part of the EEA (because Croatia is member of the EU and EU member of the EEA), line 4 should be grouped with line 1, in the most appropriate way.

   Start and end date of the provisional period could be clarified too.

   If it is not so clear a footnote could clarify this point or give a link to the section which clarifies this point. This note could then be called/referenced from other paragraphs when needed.

2. Line 2: We could clarify how many EFTA member states are member of the EEA (might be 3)
3. Line 3:
   • We could clarify this non EU, non EEA member state is the UK.
   • Currently, UK is not a member of the EEA as a Non-EU state but as a former EU state, with the withdrawal and separation agreements. We could add the word former EU member, and for the future wikipedia is not a crystal ball.
   • We could clarify the planned date ending transition period of the withdrawal agreement and implementation period of the separation agreement.
4. Line 5. We could clarify this is Switzerland and put it separately because this is the only one which is not i the EEA.
5. Last but not least, if the EU is a member of the agreement, it could be clarified too.

Then, the official number of EEA members or EEA member states could also be clarified in the legend.

The redirect EU market has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 3 § EU market until a consensus is reached. JuniperChill (talk) 10:51, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect European area has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 3 § European area until a consensus is reached. JuniperChill (talk) 10:55, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ ~2026-24358-2 (talk) 14:08, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]