On 2 May 1992, in Oporto, the Foreign Ministers of the Twelve and of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) sign the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).

On 2 May 1992, at the signing, in Oporto, of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA), Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Chairman of the EFTA Council and Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, recognises the significance of the event.

On 2 May 1992, as the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) is signed in Oporto, Jacques Delors, President of the Commission of the European Communities, hopes that the establishment of the EEA will be a step towards the establishment of an enlarged Europe.

On 2 May 1992, Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and acting President of the Council of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), makes a speech during the signing ceremony of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement in Oporto.

Am 2. Mai 1992 unterzeichnen die Vertreter der zwölf Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Gemeinschaften und der sieben Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) in Porto das Abkommen über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR).

Group photograph of the representatives of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), taken during the ceremony held on 2 May 1992 in Oporto to celebrate the signing of the Agreement creating the European Economic Area (EEA).

On 2 May 1992, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, signs the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) in Oporto.

„Der Mutsprung.“ Am 2. Mai 1992 unterzeichnet die österreichische Regierungskoalition zwischen SPÖ (Sozialdemokratischen Partei) und ÖVP (Österreichische Volkspartei) trotz der Proteste der Oppositionsparteien in Porto den Vertrag zur Gründung des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraums (EWR).

On 4 May 1992, the conservative daily newspaper La Libre Belgique comments on the signing of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Area (EEA) on 2 May 1992 in Oporto, seeing therein a new stage towards the enlargement of the European Communities.

Am 5. Mai 1992 kommentiert die französische Tageszeitung Le Monde das Abkommen über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR), das am 2. Mai in Porto unterzeichnet worden war, und begrüßt das Ereignis als wichtigen Schritt in der Geschichte des Europäischen Aufbauwerks.

In seiner Ausgabe von Mai-Juli 1992 begrüßt das EFTA Bulletin die Unterzeichnung des Abkommens über den Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR) am 2. Mai 1992 in Porto.

Map showing the establishment, on 2 May 1992, and the development of the European Economic Area (EEA).

In 1992, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat) publishes an information booklet on the statistical situation of the European Economic Area (EEA).