Recommendation on the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework Agreement

Summary

The European Parliament recommends concluding an Institutional Framework Agreement (IFA) with Switzerland to provide legal certainty and coherence to their complex bilateral relationship.
10 26.03.2019
Other
trade
economy
administrative law
international relations

Key points

  • The current EU-Swiss relationship is based on a very complex system of many separate bilateral agreements.
  • An overarching framework is needed to bring coherence and legal certainty to these relations.
  • A key goal of the agreement is to protect the integrity of the single market through consistent rules.
  • The agreement would include a mechanism for resolving disputes, potentially involving the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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