UK/Switzerland: Trade Agreement [CS Switzerland No.4/2019]
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.
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Published title: Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation.
Texts of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Swiss Confederation and the European Community concerning certain agricultural and fishery products, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation, the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on certain aspects of government procurement , the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment, the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and each of the EFTA countries that grants tariff preferences under the GSP (Norway and Switzerland), providing good originating in Norway or Switzerland shall be treated on their arrival on the customs territory of the Community as goods with content of Community origin (reciprocal agreement), the 2009/127/EC: Council Decision of 18 December 2008 concerning the signature, on behalf of the European Community, of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and Cooperation agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and the Agreement between the European community and the Swiss Confederation on the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods and on customs security measures referenced in the above documents.
The parliamentary report for this treaty explains the government’s approach to delivering continuity in the trade relationship between the UK and Switzerland.
The Agreement entered into force on 31 December 2020 and will be published in the Treaty Series in due course.