The eleventh meeting of the Intergovernmental Conference with Croatia at Ministerial level was held today in Brussels, following the start of the negotiations on 3 October 2005. The European Union delegation was headed by Steven Vanackere, Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Institutional Reforms. The Croatian delegation was led by Gordan Jandroković, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration.
The Conference, which is the fruit of extensive work over several months, dealt in total with eight chapters and represented a significant milestone in Croatia's accession process with the provisional closure of three significant chapters:
Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom and Security;
Chapter 27 - Environment and
Chapter 31 - Foreign, Security and Defence Policy.
In addition, the Conference confirmed at Ministerial level the provisional closure of
Chapter 4 - Free Movement of Capital;
Chapter 12 - Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Policy;
Chapter 14 - Transport Policy; Chapter 32 - Financial Control and
Chapter 34 – Institutions.
On all these chapters the EU underlined that it would devote particular attention to monitoring all specific issues mentioned in its common positions with a view to ensuring Croatia's administrative capacity and its capacity to ensure proper implementation and enforcement of the relevant acquis. The EU will, if necessary, return to these chapters at an appropriate moment.
News source: EU Press Room link: article
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