San Marino. Anniversary of the cooperation agreement with the Ce
On December 16, 1991, the Cooperation and Customs Union Agreement between the then European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino was signed in Brussels.
This was reported in a press release. “In view of the imminent and significant changes that will shortly have a decisive acceleration in the process of political, economic and social integration of the Community, the two parties considered it appropriate to regulate the relations between the Republic of San Marino and the Community through a legally certain framework. European economic, considering both the particular geographical location of the Republic, and the strong political and economic relations that already linked it to the Member States, first of all to the Italian Republic.
The customs union was then considered the most suitable instrument to guarantee continuity in the exchange and free circulation of goods between San Marino and the Community. At the same time, the Agreement guaranteed the necessary framework through which to envisage and implement further forms of cooperation in various fields.
In celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Agreement, the Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs remembers the crucial importance it had in ensuring the maintenance of a high level of economic integration between San Marino and the European Union.
Likewise, the time that has elapsed since the signing of the Agreement and the changed European political and economic framework make the need for an update and a decisive extension of the legal framework through which the Republic of San Marino and the European Union become increasingly evident. future to develop mutual relations in the political, economic and social fields, as well as other forms of cooperation.
The Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs therefore wishes to take the opportunity of the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Agreement in order to once again hope that an association agreement between the Republic of San Marino can be reached in a short time. and the European Union, which wishes a new and fruitful season in mutual relations ”.