Countries that have an association agreement with the European Union

​To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries that have an association agreement with the European Union, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- Darragh O'Brien.
* For WRITTEN answer on Wednesday, 22nd February, 2017.
Ref No: 8960/17

REPLY
Article 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union may conclude with one or more third countries or international organisations agreements establishing an association involving reciprocal rights and obligations, common action and special procedure. 
The precise content of an association agreement, however, is not defined by the Treaty, and their nature, and terminology, may vary depending on the context in which they are used. 
Association agreements are just one particular category of international agreement entered into by the EU with third countries. 
In addition to association agreements, the EU has also entered into a number of economic partnership agreements, political and cooperation agreements, framework agreements, free trade agreements, as well as sectoral agreements, with third countries.
A comprehensive database of agreements entered into by the EU is maintained by the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU and is available at http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/documents-publications/treaties-agreements/. 
The European Commission also maintains updated information as to the trade agreements entered into by the EU which is available at http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/agreements/. 
A list of Association Agreements entered into by the EU is as follows:

Association Agreements    
    Year of entry into force
Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama)     Signed in 2012 but not yet in force
Chile     2005
Georgia     2016
Moldova     2016
Turkey     1964, the framework for the 1995 Customs Union 
Ukraine     Signed 2014, being provisionally applied in part from 1 January 2016

Stabilisation and Association Agreements     
Albania 
    2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina    2015
FYR Macedonia     2004
Kosovo     2016
Montenegro     2010
Serbia     2013
Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements    
    
Algeria     2005
Egypt     2004
Israel     2000
Jordan     2002
Lebanon     2006
Morocco     2000
Palestinian Authority     1997 (Interim Agreement)
Syria     1977 (suspended since 2011)
Tunisia     1998
European Economic Area Agreement     
Iceland     1994
Liechtenstein     1995
Norway     1994
Other    
African, Caribbean and Pacific Partnership Agreement (Cotonou Agreement)    2003