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EUROPEAN

COMMISSION

Brussels, 13.6.2025

COM(2025) 308 final

ANNEX 11

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a Council Decision

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of a broad package of agreements to

consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation, and

on the provisional application of the Agreement on the terms and conditions for the

participation of the Swiss Confederation in the European Union Agency for the Space

Programme

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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

The European Union and the Swiss Confederation,

CONSIDERING the close mutual ties between them based on their proximity, shared values and

common European culture, as well as the fact that their economies are highly interlinked in terms of

trade and investments,

SHARING the objective of contributing to the smooth running and continued development of the

European Union and Switzerland's comprehensive partnership to its full potential,

RECALLING the Common Understanding of 27 October 2023, between representatives of the

Swiss Federal Council and the European Commission, and in particular paragraph 7 thereof,

WELCOMING the conclusion in December 2024 of the negotiations on the broad bilateral package

for the stabilisation and development of their relations,

declare that a high-level dialogue will be established, which:

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will be co-chaired by the Commissioner responsible for relations with Switzerland and the

Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs;

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will aim to promote mutual understanding and cooperation on the negotiated broad bilateral

package and the possible further development of their bilateral relations;

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will discuss issues of mutual interest, in particular Switzerland's participation in the internal

market and possibilities to strengthen the partnership between Switzerland and the European

Union; and

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will regularly evaluate the implementation of the broad bilateral package, the work of the

Joint Committees and the possible further development of their bilateral relations.

The high-level dialogue will take place annually, alternately in Switzerland and in Brussels, to

review progress and discuss future cooperation. The first dialogue will take place within three

months after the entry into force of the broad bilateral package and the detailed modalities thereof

will be jointly defined on this occasion.

This Joint Declaration is without prejudice to the establishment of a political dialogue on matters of

foreign and security policy between the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign

Affairs and Security Policy and the Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs,

which is dealt with separately.

Signed in [place], on [date], in duplicate in the English and French languages.

For the European Union

For the Swiss Confederation

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