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On the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation

Document AFET-PR-782339 · COM(2025)0309 – C100000/2026 – 2025/0162(NLE)

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Report parliamentary committee draft AFET-PR-782339
Date
11 March 2026
Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur
Christophe Grudler
Dossier
2025-0162
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The draft report asks Parliament to give its consent to a broad package of agreements with the Swiss Confederation. The package covers free movement of persons, air transport, road and rail carriage, conformity assessment, agricultural trade and a Common Food Safety Area. It also covers new agreements on electricity, health, Switzerland's regular financial contribution to reducing economic and social disparities, and participation in Union programmes and the EU space programme. It includes a protocol on parliamentary cooperation and a joint declaration on a high-level dialogue on the package and possible further development of bilateral relations.

Position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the broad package of agreements with the Swiss Confederation.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the broad package of agreements.
  2. The package includes an amending protocol and an institutional protocol to the free movement of persons agreement.
  3. It includes an amending protocol, an institutional protocol and a state aid protocol to the air transport agreement.
  4. 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.
  5. It includes an amending protocol and an institutional protocol to the agreement on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment.
  6. It includes an amending protocol to the agreement on trade in agricultural products and a protocol establishing a Common Food Safety Area.
  7. It includes new agreements on electricity and on health.
  8. It includes an agreement on Switzerland's regular financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities in the European Union.
  9. 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.
  10. It includes a protocol on parliamentary cooperation and a joint declaration on a high-level dialogue on the package and possible further development of bilateral relations.

Who is affected

  • Switzerland: the package consolidates, deepens and expands its bilateral relations with the European Union.
  • EU member states and Switzerland: their governments and parliaments are to receive Parliament's position.

Legal basis. Article 217, Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(i), Article 218(7) and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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Draft european parliament legislative resolution

(COM(2025)0309 – C100000/2026 – 2025/0162(NLE))

(Consent)

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2025)0309),

–having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons,

–having regard to the draft Institutional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons,

–having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on air transport,

–having regard to the draft Institutional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on air transport,

–having regard to the draft State aid Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on air transport,

–having regard to the draft Institutional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road,

–having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road,

–having regard to the draft State aid Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss confederation on the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Rail and Road,

–having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment,

–having regard to the draft Institutional protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on mutual recognition in relation to conformity assessment,

–having regard to the draft Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products,

–having regard to the draft Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products establishing a Common Food Safety Area,

–having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on electricity,

–having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on health,

–having regard to the draft Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on Switzerland’s regular financial contribution towards reducing economic and social disparities in the European Union,

–having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes,

–having regard to the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the European Union Agency for the Space Programme,

–having regard to the draft Protocol between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on parliamentary cooperation,

–having regard to the draft Joint Declaration by the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the establishment of a high-level dialogue on the broad bilateral package and the possible further development of the bilateral relations between the European Union and Switzerland,

–having regard to the draft joint declarations accompanying agreements and protocols,

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 217, in conjunction with Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(i), Article 218(7), and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) thereof of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C100000/2025),

–having regard to its non-legislative resolution entitled Interim report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation (2025/0162R(NLE)),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4), and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the opinions of the Committee on International Trade, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, and the Committee on Public Health,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A100000/2026),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the broad package of agreements;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Swiss Confederation.

Back matter, 1

Parts that accompany the text rather than belong to it: explanatory statement, annexes, opinions appended by other committees. Collapsed.

Annex: declaration of input 4 blocks

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that he included in his report input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that he received, in the preparation of the draft report, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:

Table from the text: 1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the
1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register
EconomieSuisse
BusinessEurope
European Trade Union Confederation
Swiss Trade Union
UNIA
EDF
Axpo
2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies
Mission of Switzerland to the European Union in Brussels
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Swiss Confederation)

The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.

Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur declares that he has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.

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European Parliament (2026). “DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation”. Text, 11 March 2026. docId AFET-PR-782339. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/AFET-PR-782339 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/AFET-PR-782339 (CC BY 4.0).
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