Sweden's pending tax information exchange agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu will enter into force on 1 April 2017. Both agreements are the first of their kind between Sweden and the respective countries. The agreement with the U.A.E. was signed 5 November 2015 and will apply for criminal tax matters from 1 April 2017 and for other matters from 1 January 2018. The agreement with Vanuatu was signed 13 October 2010 and generally applies from 1 April 2017.