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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8348

27 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/switzerland
Agreement reached on processed farm produce, ending first of ten bilateral negotiations

Brussels, 26/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and Switzerland reached an agreement on Monday to lift customs duties on processed farm produce, a market representing between 1.5 and 2 billion Swiss francs in 2001 (2 to 2.8 billion euro). "We did not initial the agreement, but negotiators consider that they have finished discussing", explains the head of the Swiss delegation, Willy Tinner. Negotiators have thus closed the first chapter of the 10 new bilateral negotiations. The...

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