Peru-EFTA FTA to come into effect on July 1

Lima, Jun. 10 (ANDINA). The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Peru and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -consisting on Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway- will come into effect on July 1, Peru’s Executive branch noted Friday.

This announcement was published today in El Peruano official gazette in the section of International Agreements.

The FTA between Peru and EFTA was signed on July 15, 2010, after negotiations came to an end on November 2009. The revision of the documents in Spanish and English finished in March 2010.