In 2017, the EU and Chile agreed to modernise the 2002 Association Agreement and replace it with a new-generation agreement 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:
These instruments were concluded in parallel on 9 December 2022, and signed in parallel on 13 December 2023. 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.
The Commission is now publishing the text of the EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) as signed on 13 December. 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).
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).
EU-Chile Interim Trade Agreement (as signed on 13 December 2023)