EU customs officers block export goods from Switzerland and several medical technology companies are losing customers in the EU.
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–After the failure of the framework agreement, the first Swiss companies are already having problems with exporting to the EU.
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The break in negotiations on the framework agreement with the EU has tangible consequences for the first time: two medical technologyfAccording to the industry association Swiss Medtech will no longer deliver its products to its major customers in the EU with immediate effect. According to the association, it can be expected that it will hit other Swiss companies in the next few weeks and that they will then no longer be able to export their products to the EU.
The reason: After saying no to the framework agreement, the EU is not only making it more difficult to import Swiss medical products – such as ventilators, crutches or syringes – that are new to the market. To the surprise of the industry, the European Union has now announced that existing products with a Swiss certificate will no longer be recognized in the EU with immediate effect.
