Date: 2025-11-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Decision (Euratom) 2025/2209 of 31 October 2025 on the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes
**Executive Summary**
The Commission Decision (Euratom) 2025/2209, dated October 31, 2025, approves the conclusion, by the European Commission on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes. The decision enters into force on the date of its adoption.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Agreement Approval:** The agreement on Swiss participation in Union Programmes is approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.
* **Provisional Application:** Following its signature and subject to reciprocity, the Agreement will be provisionally applied in accordance with Article 18.
* **Entry into Force:** The decision takes effect on the date of its adoption, October 31, 2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**European Atomic Energy Community:**
* **Impact:** The Commission is enabled to conclude the agreement on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community. The agreement should be applied provisionally by the European Atomic Energy Community, pending its entry into force, as regards matters falling under the Euratom Treaty.
* **Action Required:** Implement the agreement following signature and ensuring reciprocity for provisional application.
**Swiss Confederation:**
* **Impact:** The Swiss Confederation will be able to participate in Union Programmes.
* **Action Required:** Sign the agreement and ensure reciprocity for provisional application.
Key Entities Referenced
European Atomic Energy Community: An international organization established by the Euratom Treaty with the purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe, developing nuclear energy and distributing it to its member states while selling the surplus to non-member states.
Swiss Confederation: A sovereign state located in Europe, participating in Union Programmes.
Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes: An agreement regarding the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes.
Euratom Treaty: The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2209 5.11.2025
COMMISSION DECISION(Euratom) 2025/2209
of 31 October 2025
on the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy
Community, and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Union and the
European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other
part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 101, second
paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to the approval of the Council,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision(1), the Council approved the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European
Atomic Energy Community, of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy
Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss
Confederation in Union Programmes (‘the Agreement’), including its provisions on provisional application, as
regards matters falling under the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (the ‘Euratom Treaty’).
(2) The Agreement should be concluded on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, as regards matters falling
under the Euratom Treaty. The conclusion should take place at the same time as the conclusion of the other elements
of the broad package of measures related to bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation and as an integral part of
that package.
(3) The Agreement should be applied provisionally by the European Atomic Energy Community, pending its entry into
force, as regards matters falling under the Euratom Treaty.
(4) The signing, provisional application and conclusion of the Agreement, as regards matters falling under the Treaty on
the Functioning of the European Union, is subject to a separate procedure, under that Treaty,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss
Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes(2) is hereby
approved on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, as regards matters falling under the Euratom Treaty.
Article 2
Following its signature, and subject to reciprocity, the Agreement shall be applied provisionally in accordance with its
Article 18.
(1) Council Decision approving the conclusion, by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of
the Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Swiss
Confederation, of the other part, on the participation of the Swiss Confederation in Union Programmes (not yet published in the
Official Journal).
(2) The text of the Agreement (not yet published in the Official Journal).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2209/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 5.11.2025
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2209/oj