GCC - Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

Free Trade Agreement, entry into force: 01.07.2014

Flagge GCC - Golf-Kooperationsrat

Further information

• Legal framework

  • Original text on the EFTA website
  • BBl 2009 7279
    Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA Staes and the Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, 22.06.2009
    (available in German)
  • BBl 2009 7331
    Agricultural Agreement between the GCC Member States and Switzerland
    (available in German)
  • BBl 2009 7251
    Message on the approval of the Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and the Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), and the Agricultural Agreement between Switzerland and the GCC Member States
    (available in German)

• Trade in Services

  EFTA - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

  The agreement has been in force since 1 July 2014.

  Chapters and appendices

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Chapter 3

    Trade in Services

    PDF102.62 kB13 May 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

    Recognition of Qualifications of Service Suppliers

    PDF13.79 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex X

    Movement of Natural Persons

    PDF12.57 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex XI

    Financial Services

    PDF105.00 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex XII

    Telecommunications Services

    PDF21.05 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex VII.1

    List of Specific Commitments Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

    PDF564.90 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex VII.5

    List of Specific Commitments Switzerland

    PDF264.52 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex VIII.1

    MFN Exemptions Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

    PDF13.69 kB26 June 2020

  • Free Trade Agreement EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex VIII.5

    MFN Exemptions Switzerland

    PDF16.93 kB26 June 2020

  • BBl 2009 7251 - Dispatch on the approval of the Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and the Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) and the Agreement on Agriculture between Switzerland and the GCC Member States
    Fedlex - The Federal Law Publication Platform (available in German only)

• Digital Trade / E-Commerce

  Agreement in force since 1 July 2014.

  • EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Annex XVI - E-Commerce

    PDF15.17 kB1 July 2014

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