V primerih iz člena 234 Pogodbe ES, sodni tajnik Sodišča o odločitvi nacionalnega sodišča obvesti tudi države podpisnice Sporazuma o Evropskem gospodarskem prostoru, ki niso države članice, ter v tem sporazumu navedeni nadzorni organ EFTA, ki lahko v dveh mesecih od uradnega obvestila predložijo Sodišču navedbe o zadevi ali pisne izjave, če odločitev zadeva eno od področij uporabe tega sporazuma.
In the cases governed by Article 234 of the EC Treaty, the decision of the national court or tribunal shall, moreover, be notified by the Registrar of the Court to the States, other than the Member States, which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and also to the EFTA Surveillance Authority referred to in that Agreement which may, within two months of notification, where one of the fields of application of that Agreement is concerned, submit statements of case or written observations to the Court.