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Most recent documents
Joint press release from Commission President Von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Canada-EU relations (07.03.2023)
Address by President von der Leyen at a joint session of the Canadian parliament (text and video) (07.03.2023)
Press release of 4th meeting of the Joint Cooperation Committee under the Strategic Partnership Agreement (10.03.2023)
Joint Cooperation Committee Report on the State of the EU- Canada Relationship 2020-2022 (10.03.2023)
EU-Canada Summits
EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement
This agreement seeks to deepen political dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Canada and to strengthen relations in fields such as human rights, international peace and security, economic and sustainable development, justice, freedom and security.
Negotiations for the SPA launched in September 2011, alongside the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), with a view to replacing the outdated 1976 Framework Agreement for Commercial and Economic Cooperation. The Agreement was initialled in September 2014 and was adopted by the European Commission in April 2015.
- Full text of the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement (EN)
- Ratification details (SPA)
- Joint Declaration of the second SPA Joint Ministerial Committee (06.11.2018)
- Annual report on the state of the EU-Canada relationship, 06.11.2018 (adopted by the EU Canada JMC)
- EU-Canada joint ministerial committee meeting, 04.12.2017
EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
The agreement includes provisions on market access for goods, services, investment and government procurement, as well as on intellectual property rights, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, sustainable development, regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition, trade facilitation, cooperation on raw materials, dispute settlement and technical barriers to trade.
- Full text of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (EN)
- Ratification details (CETA)
- Report and Joint Communique of the first CETA Joint Committee, 28 September in Montreal
- Court of Justice opinion 1/17 on CETA (30/04/2019) - The mechanism for the resolution of disputes between investors and States provided for by the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) is compatible with EU law. Press release
- CETA meetings and documents
Envisaged EU - Canada Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement
The Court of Justice in its Opinion of 26 July 2017 decided that the envisaged EU-Canada Agreement between the EU and Canada signed on 25 June 2014 may not be concluded in its current form. Further to the authorization received by the Commission from the Council in December 2017, new PNR negotiations with Canada were launched in June 2018.
G-7
Canada concludes G-7 Presidency : Press release
Other agreements between Canada and the EU
- Agreement on civil aviation safety between the EC and Canada, 2009 (PDF - 886 KB)
- Agreement on air transport between Canada and the EC and its Member States, 2009 (PDF - 1 MB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6, 2007 (PDF - 50 KB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada on cooperation in higher education, training and youth, 2006 (PDF - 168 KB)
- Agreement between the EU and Canada on the participation in crisis management operations, 2005 (PDF - 50 KB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada on Advance Passenger Information and PNR data, 2005 (PDF - 55 KB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada on sanitary measures (trade in animals and their products), 2005 (PDF - 55 KB)
- Agreement between the European Community and Canada on trade in wines and spirit drinks, 2003 (PDF - 329 KB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada pursuant to Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, 2003 (PDF - 1 MB)
- Agreement between the EC and Canada renewing a cooperation programme in higher education, 2000 (PDF - 167 KB)