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Bilateral agreements Switzerland-EU

21.06.1999 - Signing of the Bilateral Agreements I in Luxembourg

Switzerland has close relations with the European Union on the political, economic and cultural levels. These relations are governed by a whole structure of bilateral agreements concluded over the years between Switzerland and the EC/EU.

The main stages were:

the Free Trade Agreement of 1972
the Insurance Agreement of 1989
Bilateral Agreements I of 1999
Bilateral Agreements II of 2004

In chronological order Free trade 1972 Insurance 1989 Customs facilitation and security 1990 and 2009
Bilateral Agreements I (1999) The seven bilateral agreements of 1999 (Bilaterals I), which are mainly liberalisation and market opening agreements.	Bilateral Agreements II (2004) The nine bilateral agreements of 2004 (Bilaterals II), which strengthen cooperation in the economic sphere and extend cooperation.
Free movement of persons 1999 Technical barriers to trade 1999 Public procurement markets 1999 Agriculture 1999 Research 1999 Civil aviation 1999 Overland transport 1999	Schengen/Dublin 2004 Taxation of savings 2004 Processed agricultural products 2004 MEDIA 2004 Environment 2004 Statistics 2004 Fight against fraud 2004 Pensions 2004
Europol 2004 Eurojust 2008 Customs facilitation and security 1990 and 2009 Education, vocational training, youth 2010 Cooperation with the EDA 2012 Cooperation between competition authorities 2013 Satellite navigation (Galileo and EGNOS) 2013
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Agriculture 1999 Civil aviation 1999 Cooperation between competition authorities 2013 Cooperation with the EDA 2012 Customs facilitation and security 1990 and 2009 Education, vocational training, youth Environment 2004 Eurojust 2008 Europol 2004 Fight against fraud 2004 Free movement of persons 1999 Free trade 1972	Insurance 1989 MEDIA 2004 Overland transport 1999 Pensions 2004 Processed agricultural products 2004 Public procurement markets 1999 Research 1999 Satellite navigation 2013 Schengen/Dublin 2004 Statistics 2004 Taxation of savings 2004 Technical barriers to trade 1999
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