In June 2000, the EFTA Council of Ministers adopted a decision to begin negotiations towards a free trade agreement between Chile and the EFTA member states -- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Negotiations were formally launched in December 2000 and were concluded, after six rounds, in March 2003. The Chile-EFTA free trade agreement was signed on 26 June 2003.

Documents relating to the negotiations
26 June 2003	EFTA states and Chile sign free trade agreement
25 March 2003	Conclusion of negotations between Chile and EFTA
17-23 March 2003	Geneva, Switzerland. VI round of negotiations
16-24 January	Santiago, Chile. Technical meetings
02-06 September 2002	Geneva, Switzerland. V round of negotiations
24-26 October 2001	Santiago, Chile. IV round of negotiations
03-07 September 2001	Geneva, Switzerland. III round of negotiations
07-11 May 2001	Santiago, Chile. II round of negotiations
04 December 2000	Geneva, Switzerland. I round of negotiations
19 June 2000	EFTA Ministerial Communiqué
Source: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON); EFTA Secretariat; ProChile

The Chile-EFTA free trade agreement entered into force on 1 December 2004 after approval by the Chilean Senate on 17 November 2004. The agreement includes a common text plus complementary bilateral agreements on agriculture, which also entered into force on 1 December.

Article 85 of the Chile-EFTA free trade agreement establishes an EFTA-Chile Joint Committee, comprised of Ministers or designated senior officials of each Party, to supervise the implementation of the agreement. The Joint Committee is to meet generally every two years.

The first meeting of the Joint Committee took place in January 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Committee issued a Decision adopting the rules of procedure for the Joint Committee, as well as decisions on other issues. The fourth meeting of the Chile -EFTA Joint Committee was held in November 2014, in Santiago, Chile.

Documents relating to the Chile-EFTA Joint Committee
17 November 2014	Santiago, Chile. Fourth Meeting of the Chile-EFTA Joint Committee
08 April 2008	Decision Nº2-08. Amendment to Annex V - Fish and other marine products
08 April 2008	Decision Nº1-08. Amendment to Annex IV concerning processed agricultural products
31 January 2006	Decision No. 4-06. Amendments to Annex III Concerning Products Not Covered by the Agreement
31 January 2006	Decision No. 3-06. Amendment to Article 12 of Annex I Concerning Direct Transport
31 January 2006	Decision No. 2-06. Endorsement of Explanatory Notes Regarding the Interpretation, Application and Administration of Annex I
31 January 2006	Decision No. 1 of 2006. Establishing the Rules of Procedure of the EFTA-Chile Joint Committee
31 January 2006	FIrst meeting of Joint EFTA-Chile Committee
Source: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON); EFTA Secretariat

Notifications under Article 5 of Annex IV
13 May 2009	Notification on price compensation measures for processed agricultural products (Switzerland)
19 January 2004	Notification to EFTA of Protocol 3. Agreement between Norway and the European Community for processed agricultural products
May 1997	Basic notification by Norway. Notification concerning the Price Compensation System applied under Protocol Nº2 of the Free Trade Agreement
Source: EFTA Secretariat

At the beginning of 2016, Chilean delegations held meetings with senior officials of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association to advance towards modernization of the trade agreements that Chile has with both blocks. A meeting of Heads of delegations from the EFTA States and Chile on the modernisation and expansion of the existing EFTA-Chile free trade agreement (FTA) was convened on 22 October 2020 via video conference. Chile and EFTA met by videoconference from 8 to 12 March 2021 for the third round of negotiations on the modernization and expansion of their agreement.

On November 25, 2022, the fourth round of negotiations for the Modernization of the existing Agreement between Chile and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which is made up of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, ended. During the four days of work that this round lasted, which was held in Geneva in a hybrid format, progress was made in the technical teams of Market Access for Goods, Market Access for Services, Financial Services, Trade and Sustainable Development, Public Procurement , and Intellectual Property, among other matters. On March 31, 2023, the fifth round of negotiations concluded. During this meeting, progress was made in Market Access for Goods; Access to the Services Market; Financial services; Trade and Sustainable Development; Intellectual property; Rules of origin; Trade Facilitation; and Electronic Commerce.

Documents relating to modernization of the FTA
March 31, 2023	V round of negotiations to modernize the Agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
25 November 2022	Fourth round of negotiations to modernize the agreement between Chile and EFTA
13 March 2021	Chile and EFTA hold third round of negotiations on the modernization of the Agreement
22 October 2020	Meeting of Heads of delegations on the modernisation and expansion of the agreement
09-22 October 2020	Chile-EFTA Intersessional Expert Meetings and Heads Meeting
09 July 2020	Meeting of Heads of delegations on the modernisation and expansion of the agreement
27-30 April 2020	Second round of negotiations on the modernisation and expansion of the agreement
25-27 September 2019	First round of negotiations on the modernisation and expansion of the agreement
15 January 2016	Chile makes progress towards modernization of current free trade agreements with the European Union and EFTA countries
Source: Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON); EFTA Secretariat; Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile

• Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Chile (DIRECON)
• EFTA Secretariat
• ProChile
• Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales