This note summarises the key elements of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA).

The negotiators of the Commission and of Canada finalised their work in early August 2014. The Member States and the European Parliament received the complete text on 5th August (m.d. 259/14). President Barroso, President Van Rompuy and Prime Minister Harper announced the end of the CETA negotiations at the EU-Canada Summit on 26 September. READ note in full