On the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements between the European Union, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations, and amending Decisions 2011/51/EU and 2011/738/EU
A-10-2026-0236
Committee on Foreign Affairs · Rapporteur: Christophe Grudler
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Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of a broad package of agreements between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation.¶¶ The package covers free movement of persons, air transport, road and rail carriage, conformity assessment, agricultural trade and food safety, electricity, health, Switzerland's financial contribution, participation in Union programmes and the space programme, and parliamentary cooperation.¶¶¶ It also includes a joint declaration on a high-level dialogue on the package and joint declarations accompanying the agreements and protocols.¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Foreign Affairs recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the broad package of agreements between the EU and the Swiss Confederation.¶
Key points
- Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the broad package of agreements between the EU and the Swiss Confederation.¶
- The package includes an amending protocol and an institutional protocol to the free movement of persons agreement.¶¶
- It includes an amending protocol, an institutional protocol and a state aid protocol to the air transport agreement.¶¶¶
- It includes an institutional protocol, an amending protocol and a state aid protocol to the agreement on carriage of goods and passengers by rail and road.¶¶¶
- It includes an amending protocol and an institutional protocol to the agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment.¶¶
- It includes an amending protocol to the agreement on trade in agricultural products and a protocol establishing a common food safety area.¶¶
- It includes agreements on electricity and on health between the EU and Switzerland.¶¶
- It includes an agreement on Switzerland's regular financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities in the EU.¶
- It includes an agreement on Switzerland's participation in Union programmes and an agreement on its participation in the European Union Agency for the Space Programme.¶¶
- It includes a protocol on parliamentary cooperation between the EU and Switzerland.¶
- It includes a joint declaration on establishing a high-level dialogue on the broad bilateral package and the possible further development of bilateral relations, and joint declarations accompanying the agreements and protocols.¶¶
Who is affected
- Switzerland: the agreements cover free movement, transport, trade, electricity, health, financial contribution and programme participation.¶¶¶
- EU member states: the agreements concern free movement of persons, transport, trade, electricity, health and EU programmes.
- EU institutions and Swiss authorities: a high-level dialogue on the bilateral package is to be established.¶
Legal basis: Article 217 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(i), Article 218(7), and Article 218(8), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶