On 9 January 2014, the European Commission announced that negotiations will begin the week of 13 January aimed at Ecuador joining the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the Andean countries of Colombia and Peru. In contact since 2010, the EU and Ecuador have managed to identify sufficient common ground to resume the process for Ecuador to join. Negotiators will discuss market access for goods, services and government procurement, as well as certain normative provisions to make it possible for Ecuador to join.