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Bulgaria - Key Events
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May 1990: Bulgaria and the European Economic Community signed the Agreement on Trade andCooperation. The PHARE Programme was opened to Bulgaria.
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March 1993: The Europe Agreement for Bulgaria and the Interim Agreement on Trade and Related Matters were signed. The Interim Agreement entered into force on 31 December 1993 replacing the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Europe Agreement entered into force on 1 February 1995.
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May 1995: The first meeting of the Bulgaria - EU Association Council was held in Brussels.
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December 1995: The Bulgarian Government and the Bulgarian Parliament adopted a decision to apply for EU membership. The application was presented to the European Council in Madrid.
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November 1999: The memorandum on decommissioning Kozloduy NPP units was signed with EC.
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December 1999: The European Council in Helsinki decided to start negotiations with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania and Malta.
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February 2000: The accession negotiations were opened.
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15 June 2004: The accession negotiations on all 31 chapters were provisionally closed.
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17 December 2004: the European Council confirmed the conclusion of accession negotiations with Bulgaria and accordingly looked forward to welcoming it as a member from January 2007.
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13 April 2005: The European Parliament gave its assent to the Accession Treaty. The report for Bulgaria was passed with 534 votes in favour and 88 against (69 abstentions).
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25 April 2005: The Accession Treaty was signed in Luxembourg.
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11 May 2005: Bulgaria ratified the Accession Treaty.
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26 September 2006: European Commission recommended 1 January 2007 as accession date.
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