Under the Association Agreement (AA), the EU and Ukraine are creating harmonised veterinary certificates for exports of animal products from EU member states to Ukraine. As soon as these certificates are agreed, they become available in trace, which can be issued by certification officers in the Member States. Certificates agreed between the EU and Ukraine may contain a reference to an export library containing more technical information useful to the signatory. Negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and the NCB began in June 2018. Negotiators virtually met for a ninth round that ended in early December 2020. Read more Click here To learn more about the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Decision No. 1/2010 of the Joint Veterinary Committee established by the agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on agricultural trade of 1 December 2010 amending annexes 1, 2, 5, 6, 10 and 11 of Annex 11 of the 2010/797/ue agreement. For more details on the veterinary agreement and the mutual recognition agreement, click here (external link). These include the possibility of not concluding trade and political agreements between the UK and the EU by the end of 2020. The text of the general agreement and other background information are available on the EFTA website. Specific information on veterinary issues and food safety is contained in Appendix 1.

Decision No. 1/2006 of the Joint Management Committee of February 9, 2006 amending the annexes i, iii bis, iii ter and xi of Annex iv of the Council`s decision (1997/345/EC) of 17 February 1997 on the conclusion, in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra, of a protocol on veterinary issues complementing the agreement, in order to ensure the continuity and stability of trade agreements; New Zealand and the United Kingdom have signed bilateral agreements: if the UK and the EU conclude a trade agreement, trade between them depends on negotiated preferences and tariff rules.