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The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill
The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Act 2024 received Royal assent on 25 March. The Act enables New Zealand to implement its obligations under the FTA and is necessary to bring the FTA into force. The Act will commence on the same date that the NZ-EU FTA enters into force.
Statements
- EU FTA to increase NZ exports to the EU by $1.8 billion a year(external link)
- New Zealand secures major free trade deal with European Union(external link)
- Joint Statement, September 2015(external link)
- EU Trade Strategy, September 2015(external link)
- ECIPE Policy Brief No. 7/2015(external link)
- Brussels Report: “The European Union: Its Economic Significance and the Case for an FTA”, August 2014 [PDF, 1.4 MB]
- New Zealand Europe Business Council (NZEBC) position on FTA negotiations between European Union and New Zealand, August 2015(external link)
Scoping Summary
In March 2017 New Zealand and the EU agreed the broad scope of negotiations.
Watch a public meeting held by MFAT covering the ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and New Zealand.
Watch the public event with EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and the Minister for Trade and Export Growth, David Parker.
OIAs
We have released under the Official Information Act (OIA) a number of text proposals tabled by New Zealand to date in the EU-New Zealand free trade agreement (NZ-EU FTA) negotiations.
OIA released New Zealand text proposals in NZ-EU FTA.
These documents are:
- Good Regulatory Practice and Regulatory Cooperation;
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures;
- Treaty of Waitangi exception; and
- Competition and Consumer Protection.
Please note that the Competition and Consumer Protection text contains comments on a previously agreed EU text (which was part of its final agreement with Chile). New Zealand's initial negotiating proposal is the text set out in black and red only.
The NZ-EU FTA Subsidies negotiating text is withheld under section 9(2)(j) of the Official Information Act 1982(external link), to avoid prejudice to other negotiations. We will keep the question of its public release under review.
In other chapter areas, negotiations are based on texts tabled by the EU. Initial negotiating texts can be viewed on the EU Commission's website(external link).
Proactive Releases
New Zealand–European Union Free Trade Agreement: Approval of Final Outcome and Authority to Sign
Public submissions
Submitted in 2020
Submitted between June and August 2018
Motion Picture Distributors' Association of NZ / Home Entertainment Association of NZ [PDF, 156 KB]
NZ International Business Forum [PDF, 178 KB]
Recorded Music NZ [PDF, 806 KB]
Submitted between December 2015 and March 2016
Auckland Chamber of Commerce [PDF, 78 KB]
Beef and Lamb NZ & Meat Industry Association [PDF, 197 KB]
Business Central and the Wellington Chamber of Commerce [PDF, 302 KB]
Business NZ & Export NZ; NZ Shippers’ Council supports this submission [PDF, 118 KB]
Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ) [PDF, 377 KB]
Federated Farmers of NZ [PDF, 180 KB]
Medical Technology Association of NZ (MTANZ) [PDF, 111 KB]
Napier Engineering and Contracting Ltd [PDF, 497 KB]
NZ Chambers of Commerce [PDF, 188 KB]
NZ Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU) [PDF, 153 KB]
NZ-Europe Business Council [PDF, 123 KB]
NZ Horticulture Export Authority (NZHEA) [PDF, 186 KB]
NZ Human Rights Commission (NZHRC) [PDF, 593 KB]
NZ International Business Forum (NZIBF) [PDF, 311 KB]
NZ Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) [PDF, 180 KB]
Pernod Ricard Winemakers [PDF, 372 KB]