The most important agreements with the EC/EU since 1972

1972     

Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for industrial products (in force since 1 January 1973)

1989 Insurance agreements (in force since 1 January 1993)

Bilateral Agreements I (1999):

Free movement of persons (in force since 1 June 2002)

Technical barriers to trade (in force since 1 June 2002)

Public procurement markets (in force since 1 June 2002)

Agriculture (in force since 1 June 2002)

Overland transport (in force since 1 June 2002)

Civil aviation (in force since 1 June 2002)

Research (in force since 1 June 2002) 

Bilateral Agreements II (2004):

Agreement on linking the emission trading systems of Switzerland and the EU (in force since 1 January 2020)

Schengen/Dublin (cooperation in the areas of justice, police, asylum and migration) (in force since 29 March 2009)

Taxation of savings (in force since 1 July 2005)

Fight against fraud (not yet in force)

Processed agricultural products (in force since 30 March 2005)

Environment (in force since 1 April 2006)

Statistics (in force since 1 January 2007)

MEDIA (in force since 1 April 2006)

Pensions (in force since 31 May 2005)