Free Trade Agreement between Switzerland and the European Union

The free trade agreement between Switzerland and the European Union entered into force on 1 January 1973. 

It provides for border tariff elimination for most industrial products, including : 

• Electric motors, turbines and generators; 
• Mechanical equipment including pumps, appliances, and other advanced machinery; 
• Electric accumulators, transformers, capacitors, batteries; 
• Motor vehicles; 
• Mineral ore, slag and ash; 
• Mineral fuels, oils and other products; 
• Metals and their articles e.g. iron and steel; 
• Semiconductors devices and photovoltaic cells; 

Rules of origin stipulate products only undergoing minimal transformations in one of the signatory countries should not benefit from the tariff treatment established by the Agreement.

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