EC/Switzerland agreement: free movement of persons; participation as contracting parties of Bulgaria and Romania

This proposal constitutes the final act of the draft Council Decision on the signature, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to an Agreement between the Community and the Swiss Confederation on the free movement of persons that takes account of Bulgarian and Romanian accession to the EU.

The general content of the Agreement has not been amended and remains in conformity with the Commission’s initial proposal (please refer to the summary of the former initial proposal dated 22/04/2008).

However, it should be noted that an amendment has been proposed which stipulates that the Agreement requires the assent of the European Parliament.