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A comprehensive compilation of bilateral agreements between Canada and the Swiss Confederation across the areas of trade facilitation, taxation, justice, nuclear cooperation, culture, social protection, and air transport. This set includes a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment; an exchange of diplomatic letters under the multilateral tax assistance convention enabling the automatic exchange of financial account information; a protocol amending the 1975 air transport agreement; an extradition treaty; and two nuclear‑related instruments, including an exchange of notes and an exchange of letters with annex concerning non‑proliferation assurances for tritium and related equipment destined for use in the Euratom fusion programme. It also comprises an agreement on film and video relations with annex, a mutual legal assistance treaty in criminal matters, a mutual legal assistance agreement on the division of confiscated assets, a social security convention with protocol, and a taxation convention aimed at avoiding double taxation and preventing fiscal evasion with respect to income and capital.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extradition: Treaty between Canada and the Swiss Confederation on Extradition - 1996 | Open resource | ||
| Culture: Agreement on Film and Video Relations between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council (with annex) - 1991 | Open resource | ||
| Mutual legal assistance: Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Swiss Confederation concerning the Division of Confiscated Assets and Equivalent Sums of Money - 2001 | Open resource | ||
| Nuclear: exchange of notes between Canada and Switzerland - 1989 | Open resource | ||
| Mutual legal assistance: Treaty between Canada and the Swiss Confederation on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters - 1996 | Open resource | ||
| taxation: Exchange of diplomatic letters under the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters as amended by the 2010 Protocol to allow the automatic sharing of financial account information for the year 2017 between Canada and Switzerland - 2018 | Open resource | ||
| Nuclear: Exchange of Letters between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council constituting an Agreement concerning the non-proliferation assurances to be applied to tritium and tritium-related equipment transferred, directly or indirectly, from Canada to Switzerland, for use in the Fusion Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and tritium produced or processed with such equipment (with annex) - 1998 | Open resource | ||
| Taxation: Convention between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital - 1998 | Open resource | ||
| Conformity assessment: Agreement on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment between Canada and Switzerland - 1998 | Open resource | ||
| Social security: Convention on Social Security between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Swiss Confederation (with protocol) - 1996 | Open resource |