EU Japan agreements, Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

Japan-EU cooperation agreements and trade negotiations

EU Japan agreements and trade negotions

EU Japan agreements : EU-Japan trade negotiations were initiated at the 20th EU-Japan Summit on 28 May 2011, and EU Japan trade negotiations were officially launched on 25 March 2013 by EU President Jose Manuel Barroso, President Herman Van Rompuy and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

There are two parallel negotiations:

• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a political framework agreement

Read a detailed documentation of EU-Japan trade negotiations and their progress here.

The 1991 Hague Joint Declaration and the 2001 Action Plan for EU-Japan Cooperation

• The 1991 the Hague Joint Declaration, 18 July 1991, The 1991 the Hague Joint Declaration, pdf-file
• “Shaping our common future”, An Action Plan for EU-Japan Cooperation, European Union – Japan Summit, Brussels, 2001 (pdf file)

Agreements

• Mutual Recognition Agreement between the European union and Japan
  • EU-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), April 4, 2001
  • Japan-EC Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website)
  • Mutual Recognition Agreement between the European union and Japan, EU website
  • Mutual Recognition Agreement between the European union and Japan, text of agreement
• Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities, Brussels 10 July 2003
  • Press Statement
  • Text of agreement (pdf file, Japan Fair Trade Commission Website)
  • text of agreement, EU website (pdf file)
• Agreement between the Government of Japan and the European Atomic Energy Community for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, Brussels, 27 February 2006
  • Press Statement: EU and Japan agree on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
  • Text of the agreement, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website
• Agreement between the European Union and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, 2 January 2011
  • Agreement between the European Union and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters (EUR-Lex website)
• Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters (CCMAA), 28 January 2008
  • EU Taxation and Customs Union relations with Japan
  • EUR-Lex
  • text of agreement on the EUR-Lex website

Europe Japan Science and Technology Agreement

• Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan on Cooperation in Science and Technology, 22 October 2009
  • text of agreement on EU website (pdf file)
  • EU Roadmap for Science and Technology Cooperation (pdf file)

EU-Japan Summit Meetings

EU-Japan Summit meetings started with the 1st EC-Japan Ministerial Meeting in 1984, the 22nd EU-Japan Summit Meeting was held in 2014.

List of EU Japan Summit meetings and EC-Japan Ministerial Meetings with links to documents.

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