Croatia
Inclusion of Croatia in the free movement agreement FZA with Switzerland
The agreement on the free movement of persons to Switzerland, FZA, will be extended to Croatia, according to the decision on January 16th, 2016, in the Swiss Parliament in Bern.
Croatia joined the EU on July 1st, 2013. For each enlargement of the EU, the agreement between Switzerland and the EU must be adapted first (through an additional protocol). The enlargement of the FZA to Croatia was negotiated in Protocol III, which has been now adopted and will enter into force on January 1st, 2017. This provides, after a 10-year transitional regime, full freedom of movement with Croatia.
The appropriate authorities in the cantons will be instructed by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) on the applicable provisions during the transitional regime.
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