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Mr President, Mr Crowley, I have already had the opportunity here today to briefly mention the process of Croatia’s accession. I will now go into slightly more detail while still being as brief as possible given the time constraints.
I can tell you, Mr Crowley, that the accession negotiations with Croatia are well on the way and significant progress has made been this year. Overall we have opened and provisionally closed two chapters: Chapter 25 – Science and Research and Chapter 26 – Education and Culture. In the meantime, another 10 chapters have been opened. These are: Chapter 3 – Freedom to Provide Services; Chapter 6 – Company Law; Chapter 7 – Intellectual Property Law; Chapter 9 – Financial Services; Chapter 10 – Information Society and Media; Chapter 17 – Economic and Monetary Policy; Chapter 18 – Statistics; Chapter 20 – Enterprise and Industrial Policy; Chapter 29 – Customs Union and, finally, Chapter 32 – Financial Control.
In addition, the Council intends to hold the fifth meeting of the Accession Conference with Croatia at ministerial level on 15 October in order to open Chapter 28 – Consumer and Health Protection. Other chapters will follow at the end of the year. There is still a lot of work to do, particularly in areas critical to the success of any candidate country, such as reform of the judicial system and public administration, the fight against corruption and economic reforms. The Council is also continuing to urge Croatia to improve its administrative capacity and to effectively transpose and implement the
so that it can meet its membership obligations in due time. In order to maintain this dynamic and ensure a quality process, we must point out that further efforts are needed to meet the requirements of the Negotiating Framework, including Croatia’s obligations in respect of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, and also the implementation of the Accession Partnership."@en1
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