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On 1 May 1995, the Principality of Liechtenstein became an EEA Member State in the EFTA pillar. The Government thus had the right (and the duty) to nominate a member of the ESA College and a judge of the EFTA Court. The appointment was by common accord of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The EFTA Court started functioning on 1 January 1994 with five judges from the EFTA States party to the EEA Agreement, namely Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Switzerland signed the EEA Agreement on 2 May 1992, but was unable to ratify it after a negative referendum on 6 December 1992. Liechtenstein, which was part of a customs union with Switzerland, then postponed its ratification of the Agreement.
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Baudenbacher, C. (2019). EFTA Court Judge by Chance. In: Judicial Independence. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02308-9_2
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