Tunisia-EU Relations

Tunisia was the first Mediterranean country to sign an Association Agreement with the EU on 17 July 2005.

Association Agreement

The Association Agreement between the European Community and its the Tunisian Republic, came into force on March 1, 1998. Under the term of the Agreement, the EU and Tunisia commit themselves to co-operate in a wide range of areas including:

  • Strengthened political dialogue,
  • Trade, economic,
  • Social and cultural issues.

The Agreement foresees also financial co-operation to accompany reform measures in Tunisia. An important component of the Association Agreement are the clauses providing for the establishment of an EU-Tunisia free trade area by the year 2010.  

Full text of the Agreement
 

European Neighbourhood Policy

The following are documents adopted in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy:

The Strategy paper establishes a strategic framewok for the 2002-2006 EU assistance. This document describes the EU cooperation objectives, the priority fields of cooperation, on the basis of a complete evaluation of the partner's political agenda and socio-economic and political situation. Full text ...

The guiding principles of programming for 2005-2006 were the Commission strategy for financial cooperation with Jordan 2002-2006 (CSP), and the recent policy framework developments including the new Neighbourhood Policy. Full text of the programme...

An Action Plan, which includes mutually agreed priorities and objectives in the areas of political, economic, commercial, justice, security and cultural cooperation is in force since 4 July 2005.
Implementation, notably through the sub-committees established under the Association Agreement, is on-going. A first interim report on implementation will be prepared in 2006. 

Follow-up links:

Updated: 31-08-2006
Sources: EU