On 19 December 1990, following a meeting in Brussels between the Ministers of the Twelve, led by Gianni de Michelis, Italian Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Council, and the Ministers of the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Liechtenstein, led by Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Member of the Swiss Federal Council and President of the EFTA Council, in the presence of Jacques Delors and Frans Andriessen, President and Vice-President of the European Commission, and Georg Reisch, Secretary-General of EFTA, the participants adopt a joint declaration on the establishment of the European Economic Area (EEA).