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EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
Disclaimer: In 2017, the EU and Chile agreed to modernise the 2002 Association Agreement and replace it with a new-generation Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) that reinforces and deepens their bilateral relationship. The negotiations between the EU and Chile reached their political conclusion in Brussels on 9 December 2022.
The modernisation of the existing EU-Chile Association Agreement foresees two parallel legal instruments:
- The Advanced Framework Agreement, that will include, a) the Political and Cooperation pillar, and b) the Trade and Investment pillar (inclusive of investment protection provisions), and;
- An Interim Trade Agreement (iTA) covering trade and investment liberalisation.
These instruments are expected to be signed and concluded in parallel. The iTA will remain in force only until the AFA is fully ratified and enters into force.
In view of the Commission's transparency policy and of growing public interest in the negotiations, the Commission published upon its political conclusion the Trade and Investment Pillar of the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement. It was published for information purposes only, and thus subject to further modification, including as a result of the process of legal revision.
In the context of the EU's internal procedures, on 5 July 2023 the Commission sent the Advanced Framework Agreement and the Interim Trade Agreement to the Council to authorise their signature. Once the Council has given its green light, the EU will sign the agreements with Chile.
The Commission is therefore now publishing:
- Commission proposals for draft Council decisions on the signature and provisional application of the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
- Commission proposals for draft Council decisions on the conclusion of the EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement.
- Commission proposals for draft Council decisions on the signature and conclusion of the EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement
The texts will be final upon signature. The agreement will become binding on the Parties under international law only after completion by each Party of its internal legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement (or its provisional application).
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EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (as published upon its political conclusion in December 2022)
Summary of the Trade and Investment Pillar
01 General provisions
02 Trade in goods
03 Rules of origin and origin procedures
04 Customs and trade facilitation
05 Trade remedies
06 Sanitary and phytosanitary matters related to animals and animal products, plants and, plant products
07 Cooperation on sustainable food systems
08 Energy and raw materials
09 Technical barriers to trade
10 Investment liberalisation
11 Cross-border trade in services
12 Temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes
13 Domestic regulation
14 Mutual recognition of professional qualifications
15 Delivery services
16 Telecommunications services
17 International maritime transport services
18 Financial services
19 Digital trade
20 Capital movements, payments and transfers and temporary safeguard measures
21 Public procurement
22 State-owned enterprises, enterprises granted special rights or privileges and designated monopolies
23 Competition policy
24 Subsidies
25 Intellectual property
26 Trade and sustainable development
27 Trade and gender equality
28 Transparency
29 Good regulatory practices
30 Small and medium sized enterprises
31 Dispute settlement
32 Exceptions
33 Institutional and final provisions
Annexes
02a Trade in goods - tariff schedules - General provisions
02a Trade in goods - tariff schedules - EU
02a Trade in goods - tariff schedule - Chile
03a Annex 1 - Rules of Origin (except Annex 2)
03a Annex 2 - Product Specific Rules of Origin
04a Protocol Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters
06a Sanitary and phytosanitary
09a Motor vehicles and equipment
09a Technical Barrier to Trade
11a Explanatory note
11a Annex I Existing measures/schedule of the European Union
11a Annex I Schedule of Chile
11a Annex II Future measures
11a Annex II Schedule of Chile
11a Annex III Chile - Market Access
11a Annex III Market access commitments/schedule of the European Union
11a Annex IV Business visitors
11a Annex V contractual service suppliers and independent professionals
11a Annex VI Financial services
11a Services - Movement of Persons - Procedural commitments
18a Annex Market Access
18a Annex Non-conforming measure
21a Government procurement Chile
21a Government procurement EU
22a State-owned enterprises - Non conforming measures – Chile
31a Code of Conduct
31a Rules of procedure
EU-Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
10 Investment
18 Financial Services
20 Capital movements
Joint Statements and Declarations
Joint statement on trade and sustainable development
Joint Interpretative Declaration on the Investment Protection Agreement