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Two-pillar Structure </h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="wrapper-inner_left-content with-region-inner_right"> <div data-component-id="storyworx:drupal-region" class="region region-content"> <a id="skip-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div id="block-storyworx-content" data-component-id="storyworx:drupal-block" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <div class="block-content"> <article class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-full"> <div data-component-id="storyworx:abstract" class="abstract wysiwyg"> <div class="abstract-text"> <p>The decision-making process in the EEA Agreement is characterised by its two-pillar structure. Read more about the EEA institutions in this section.</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary wysiwyg label_display-hidden clearfix"> <div class="field-items single"> <div class="field-item"><p>The decision-making process in the EEA Agreement is characterised by its two-pillar structure. Substantive decisions relating to the EEA Agreement and its operation are a joint venture with the EU and in the hands of common bodies.</p><p>The EEA EFTA States have not transferred any legislative competences to the EEA institutions and they are unable, constitutionally, to accept direct decisions issued by the European Commission or the European Court of Justice. To cater for this situation, the EEA Agreement established EEA EFTA bodies to match those on the EU side. The EEA EFTA States take all decisions by consensus, while on the EU side decisions related to EEA legislation are normally taken by majority vote.</p><p>The two-pillar EEA structure:</p><p><img src="/sites/default/files/images/2024-03/14-image-links-desktop-v-5.png" alt width="700" height="588" usemap="#Map"><map id="Map" name="Map"><area alt coords="2,1,1,76,220,74,218,2" href="/eea-relations-eu/eea-institutions-two-pillar-structure/eea-efta-states" shape="poly" title><area alt coords="0,90,218,91,218,166,1,165" href="/eea-relations-eu/eea-institutions-two-pillar-structure/standing-committee-efta-states" shape="poly" title><area alt coords="0,182,218,182,219,257,0,257" href="http://www.eftasurv.int" shape="poly" title><area alt coords="0,273,0,349,219,350,219,271" href="http://www.eftacourt.int/" shape="poly" title><area alt coords="0,363,2,439,220,438,218,363" href="/about-efta/advisory-bodies/parliamentary-committee" shape="poly" title><area alt coords="219,454,219,529,0,528,0,453" 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