📋 Tender Overview
The CER-N has started examining the elements of the Switzerland-EU package on which it has been asked to draft a co-report.She began by gaining an overview of this file through in-depth hearings.
ContentThe committee was given the mandate to draft a co-report on two draft laws relating to the implementation, at national level, of the Switzerland-EU package (Bilateral III, 26.023): on the one hand, the new federal law on the supervision of state aid (LSAE, annex 1 of federal decree 1) and, on the other hand, the package of measures relating to the protection of wages (amendment to the law on posted workers, annex 5of Federal Decree 1).Added to this are the protocols relating to the MRA (agreement relating to mutual recognition in terms of conformity assessment) as well as the protocol amending the agreement relating to trade in agricultural products.The committee first looked at the fundamental aspects linked to the economic repercussions of the Bilateral III and heard two experts, Professor Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Professor Mark Schelker, who came to present an analysis from the angle of economic policy.She then heard a delegation from the Competition Commission on the subject of the federal law on the supervision of state aid, as well as the umbrella organizations of the social partners (Swiss Employers Union, Swiss Union of Arts and Crafts, Swiss Trade Union Union and Travail.Suisse) on the subject of the law on posted workers.On certain specific points (quorums - measure 12, protection against dismissal - measure 14), the committee heard representatives of the Swiss Society of Entrepreneurs, Swissmem, the Employers Center and HotellerieSuisse.Finally, the committee invited representatives of the Federation romande des consommateurs, the Swiss Union of Peasants and the LAVEBA Cooperative to come and give their point of view on the protocol of amendment to the agreement relating to trade in agricultural products.The commission entrusted several mandates to the administration.It will discuss this subject by article during its November session. The committee met on October 26 and 27, 2026 in Bern under the chairmanship of National Councilor Samuel Bendahan (SP, VD) and, in part, in the presence of the President of the Confederation Guy Parmelin.
