In autumn 1992, in an article in the monthly publication EFTA Bulletin, Hadar Cars, former Swedish Trade Minister and Chairman of the Committee on the European Economic Area (EEA) in the Swedish Parliament, outlines the way in which Swedish MPs are drafting the bill which will allow the Parliament to approve the Agreement on the EEA signed on 2 May 1992 in Oporto by the Foreign Ministers of the Twelve and by those of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).