• European Commission
• Enlargement
• Candidate countries
• Croatia

Croatia - Key documents

Accession Partnership 2008

• Council Decision of 12 February 2008

Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports

• On 5th November 2008 the Commission adopted the latest overall enlargement strategy document and progress report on Croatia.

Accession Negotiations with Croatia

• Negotiating Framework - October 2005 [33 KB]
• Commission Opinion on Croatia's Application for Membership of the EU - 20 April 2004
• Croatia receives candidate status FAQ [16 KB]
• Screening Reports

Progress Reports

(until 2005 – Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) Reports)

• 2005 Progress Report on Croatia [684 KB]

 See also 2005 Enlargement Strategy Paper

• Second Annual SAP Report - March 2003
• First Annual SAP Report - April 2002

Stabilisation and Association Agreement – 29 October 2001

For more documents concerning the Stabilisation & Association Process (SAP) see the SAP Background Documents

Accession & European Partnerships

• Accession Partnership 2006
• European Partnership 2004

Following the opening of accession negotiations with Croatia (on 3 October 2005), the Council adopted an Accession Partnership which updates the European Partnership of 13 September 2004. The advancement of the negotiations will be measured against the implementation of the Accession Partnership that will be regularly revised.

Participation in Community Programmes

• EU programme "Gender Equality" - 31 May 2006 [593 KB]
• 'Intelligent Energy - Europe' programme- 17 March 2006 [177 KB]
• EU programme "Community incentive measures in the field of employment"- 1 March 2006 [670 KB]
• Research - 18 November 2005 [70 KB]

Pre-accession assistance

• Financing Agreement for 2006 PHARE
• Financing Agreement for 2005 PHARE
• Financing Agreement 2001-2004 - CARDS
• Council regulation No 2257/2004 concerning pre-accession financial instruments, taking into account Croatia's candidate status