EC-Algeria cooperation goes back to July 1969 when an essentially commercial agreement was signed for a period of five years, linking Algeria to the EEC. With the recent entry into force of the EU-Algeria Association Agreement in September 2005, Algeria has assumed fully-fledged EU-partnership.

Association Agreement

The EU - Algeria Association Agreement was originally signed in Valencia on 22 April 2002. The main elements of the agreement are:

• Political dialogue and regular economic dialogue;
• Gradual establishment of free trade area, in line with WTO rules;
• Clauses on freedom of establishment, liberalisation of services, free movement of capital and the application of Community rules on competition;
• Clauses in the area of justice and home affairs;
• Strengthening economic co-operation;
• Setting up social and cultural co-operation;
• Financial co-operation;
• Setting up an Association Council and Association Committee with decision-taking powers.

Full text of the Agreement
EMHRN's comments on the Agreement
Amnesty's comments on the Agreement

European Neighbourhood Policy

The following are documents adopted in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy:

• Algeria Strategy Paper 2002 - 2006

The Strategy paper establishes a strategic framewok for the 2002-2006 EU assistance. This document describes the EU cooperation objectives, the priority fields of cooperation, on the basis of a complete evaluation of the partner's political agenda and socio-economic and political situation. Full text in French...

• Algeria National Indicative Programme 2005-2006

The guiding principles of programming for 2005-2006 were the Commission strategy for financial cooperation with Algeria 2002-2006 (CSP), and the recent policy framework developments including the new Neighbourhood Policy. Full text of the programme...