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D-CL: Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

The forum for official exchanges between parliamentarians from the European Union and Chile is the "EU-Chile Joint Parliament Committee (JPC)". This committee was created by Article 9 of the Association Agreement between the EU and Chile, signed in Brussels on 18 November 2002.

The agreement defines the political and economic relationship between the EU and Chile generally.

Composition and bureau of the Joint Parliamentary Committee

The EU-Chile Joint Parliament Committee comprises two delegations with an equal number of members from the European Parliament and from the Chilean Senate and Chamber of Deputies.

Currently there are 15 members of each delegation. The delegations meet at least once a year, alternately in Chile and the EU.

Focus on the Association Agreement

The Joint Parliamentary Committee's principal task is to monitor the application of the EU-Chile Association Agreement and to make proposals to improve it.

Subjects related to the Association Agreement and its three main areas - trade chapter, political dialogue and cooperation - are raised in Committee meetings. The meetings also frequently include exchanges of views about the current political and economic situation in Chile and the European Union.

Members adopt a joint declaration at each meeting. This document reflects the different positions of the Committee members on a variety of issues. It usually contains recommendations addressed to other bodies established by the Association Agreement, such as the Association Council and the Association Committee.

Towards a new Agreement

Recently, the Joint Parliamentary Committee has been involved in the process of modernising the EU-Chile Association Agreement.
This process was formally launched by the sixth EU-Chile Association Council in April 2015. The Commission sent its proposal for a negotiation mandate to the EU Member States, whose approval is required for negotiations to begin.

The negotiations on a modernised agreement concluded on 9 December 2022 and the new text, called "Advanced Framework Agreement EU-Chile", was signed by the negotiating parties on 13 December 2023. The ratification process is currently underway: the European Parliament gave its consent to the EU's conclusion of new agreement on 29 February 2024. It also gave consent to the conclusion of an interim trade agreement (iTA), since the trade and investment provisions of the Advanced Framework Agreement EU-Chile are under the EU's exclusive competence. The iTA will apply until the ratification of the Advanced Framework Agreement EU-Chile is completed.

Article 9 of the EU-Chile Association Agreement

Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part

Article 9
Association Parliamentary Committee


1. An Association Parliamentary Committee is hereby established. It shall be a forum for members of the European Parliament and the Chilean National Congress (Congreso Nacional de Chile) to meet and exchange views. It shall meet at intervals which it shall itself determine.

2. The Association Parliamentary Committee shall consist of members of the European Parliament, on the one hand, and of members of the Chilean National Congress (Congreso Nacional de Chile), on the other.

3. The Association Parliamentary Committee shall establish its rules of procedure.

4. The Association Parliamentary Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the European Parliament and a representative of the Chilean National Congress (Congreso Nacional de Chile), in accordance with the provisions to be laid down in its rules of procedure.

5. The Association Parliamentary Committee may request of the Association Council relevant information regarding the implementation of this Agreement, and the Association Council shall supply the Committee with the requested information.

6. The Association Parliamentary Committee shall be informed of the decisions and recommendations of the Association Council.

7. The Association Parliamentary Committee may make recommendations to the Association Council.